Transport bosses insist they are looking for a solution to the overcrowding crisis on Overground trains services in Waltham Forest.

Barking Gospel Oak Railways User Group (BGORUG) say there have been a number of altercations and injuries on the line through Leyton, Leytonstone and Walthamstow because of "commuter crush".

In June 2013, chancellor George Osborne announced cash would be released for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak Line.

It was indicated new trains would arrive in 2017 after overhead wire works were completed in 2016.

However, this has now been delayed until 2018.

TfL’s director of London Overground, Mike Stubbs, said there was no quick solution to the problem.

“We are aware of the high demand for London Overground services on the Barking to Gospel Oak line and in response added four extra services in December last year," he said.

“We would like to add more but there is not enough room in the timetable to run more than four trains per hour due to sharing the route with freight trains.

"We continue to work with Network Rail to help them find a solution to this.

“We have looked at making the trains longer but this would mean buying new diesel trains and building longer platforms and putting both in place for an interim period.

“This would be expensive and not good use of taxpayers’ money given that we are bringing in new longer trains in 2018 as part of the project to electrify the line.”