The new East London Line to open early April 2010

By ABattisby | Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 13:39

The East London Line project, which is now part of London Underground, is expected to open in early April 2010, according to London Reconnections blog.

Dalston to New Cross

From April 4th, four trains per hour will run between the new Dalston Junction station and New Cross, and four going the opposite direction.

From May 23rd, four trains per hour will run from Dalston to New Cross, Crystal Palace (which will take 37 minutes), and West Croydon (which will take 47 minutes).

This means that east and southeastern London will now be connected by rail for the first time.

The Londonist said that the April completion date is "Naturally, all dependent on how the tests go."

They predicted that there is also a chance that the May 23rd date may slip till June to coincide with the re-opening of the northern Overground branch, which closes for three months from Feb 20th.

For anyone that missed the BBC London's driver's eye video of Dalston to New Cross, you can watch it here.

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As I work for TfL we had a chance to ride the line from New Cross Gate to Dalston Junction and take part in a detrainment in a tunnel exercise I took some pics using my iphone they are not the best of quality but you can see them at the link below.
tinyurl.com/ybwzxzb

Opening date could now be 8th of April but not officially confirmed

By londonboyec1 at 11:46 on 28/03/10
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The opening date has been put back until Sunday 11th April 2010
if there are any further changes i will let you know

By londonboyec1 at 15:17 on 10/03/10
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There will be 4 trains per hour each between Dalston Junction and New Cross / New Cross Gate
So Giving 8 trains Per Hour Between Dalston Junction and Surrey Quays

By londonboyec1 at 14:22 on 25/02/10
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No, you're right. Maybe it will be the pure basics of a station when it opens...

By ABattisby at 12:28 on 22/01/10
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...sorry - I meant 'finish' the station. Obviously, they've already started it...

By bigindalston at 17:17 on 21/01/10
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