East London line extension
The East London line extension (ELLX) project was a British railway engineering project in London, managed by Transport for London. The project involved extending the East London Line and making it part of the mainline London Overground network. This was done by re-opening sections of disused railway line and by converting track electrified by the third-rail system, signalling, lineside signage and communication systems, etc. to mainline standards. New rolling stock was introduced and four new stations built along the route, with a fifth scheduled to be added in the future at New Bermondsey.
A London Overground train at Crystal Palace
A new Class 378 train at Hoxton
Balfour Beatty/Carillion contractors on-site at Shoreditch
1906 diagram showing the former connection of the East London Line to Liverpool Street
The East London line is part of the London Overground, running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London. It was previously a line of the London Underground.
Class 378 train at Hoxton in 2010, with the City of London skyline in background
A London Underground A60 Stock train at New Cross station in 2007
Wapping station on the East London line, built into the original northern entrance shaft of the Thames Tunnel. The station was rebuilt in the early 1980s.
The link to Liverpool Street, 1991
