A £50 million, 1.3-mile section of railway extending the East London Line north from Dalston Junction to Highbury & Islington was opened on 28th February by Mayor Boris Johnson.
This allows Victoria line, national rail and London Overground passengers to change onto the East London Line at Highbury & Islington – bringing much easier journeys to Canary Wharf and the chance to avoid central London.
The East London Line extension opened last May and carries 70,000 passengers a day. That is now expected to rise to 100,000 a day with a train in each direction every seven minutes. It will take six minutes to get from Dalston Junction to Highbury & Islington.
Shoreditch High Street station is just five minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street. There is now an easier interchange at Canada Water to the Jubilee line for Canary Wharf.
New East London Line Extension
