January 10, 2011

Dalston connects to the Victoria Line

The new section of the East London line is due to open in February. This will connect Dalston Junction to the Victoria Line at Highbury & Islington.

The journey from Dalston to Highbury will take 6 minutes and there will be a train every 7 – 8 minutes.

The redevelopment of the East london Line is the biggest transport infrastructure project for London since the opening of the Jubilee line extension in 1999.

New station on the East London Line

New four-screen cinema opening in Hackney

Mare Street will have its very own four-screen Picturehouse from this autumn.

City Screen, an independent cinema chain, has been awarded the lease for the former Ocean building, which opened as a music venue in 2001 at a cost of £23 million but went into administration in 2004.

The building was previously a cinema.

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The Ocean building is to become a cinema. Photo: Hackney Citizen