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| - Now part of the London Overground. The East London Line stretched from Shoreditch at its northern end to New Cross and New Cross Gate in the south. The Wikipedia page is [1] See also the East London Line extension
- The East London Line was a line of the London Underground, coloured orange on the Tube map. It ran north to south through the East End and Docklands areas of London, entirely in Travelcard Zone 2. It closed temporarily on 22 December 2007 for construction work, replaced by bus services. It is being extended and converted for use as the East London Railway and, from 2010, will be part of the London Overground network of Transport for London (TfL). It could be seen as the second line to "secede" from the London Underground (the Northern City Line was the first). The line will change from a minor stub to a key transport artery, an orbital railway linking London's suburbs. Opened in 1869 as the East London Railway, it runs under the Thames through the Thames Tunnel, which was the oldest part of the Underground's infrastructure. The line was originally operated by six different railway companies (later reduced to two) and became part of the London Underground in 1933. Of the eight stations, four are below ground.
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