The East London line rises again

So it was with bated breath that after two years or so, I was lucky enough to get on a train at New Cross Gate and travel up through my old stomping ground of Rotherhithe and Wapping.

The new section of the London Overground opens shortly, still sporting its old moniker, The East London line.

There's a gallery of my travels online now, but essentially it was a 20-or-so minute trip from New Cross to a brand new station at Dalston Junction.

The gleaming new train passed through gleaming new stations at Hoxton and Haggerston. So, will you use it? Are London Overground going to get it right?

The new extension has already been given the blog treatment by Dáithaí C and London Reconnections amongst others, and is clearly a project eagerly awaited by the commuter.

Whatever the answer, it shortened a journey that used to take a lot longer by bus.

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