Transport in Hackney

Hackney fully on the Tube map

The four new London Overground stations being built in Hackney now appear on Tube maps across the Capital.

Passengers can see the Dalston Junction, Haggerston, Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street stations that are currently under construction as part of the extension of the East London Line.

The stations are due to open by summer 2010, and will bring the borough’s first proper connection to the Tube network.

Transport for London closed the East London Line on 22 December for major work to extend it north to Dalston Junction, and south to Cyrstal Palace and West Croydon, to become part of the London Overground network. It will be further extended to Highbury & Islington by 2011.

When the extended line opens, there will be new trains with more space, greater security, air conditioning and dedicated wheelchair bays.

There will be up to 12 trains an hour on the core section of the line between Dalston and Surrey Quays.

The work is part of a £1.4billion investment programme by TfL which has recently seen the take-over of the North London Line.

By 2011, the extended East London Line will connect to the North London Line, in time for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The work on the East and North London Lines marks the culmination of a four-year campaign by Hackney’s Mayor, Jules Pipe, to secure better public transport for the borough.

Mayor Pipe said: “Hackney has been held back for too long by being the only inner London borough without a proper Tube link. The new stations on the East London Line and major improvements to the North London Line show our campaign to get Hackney fully on every Tube map has been on the right track.”

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Page updated: 18 Nov 2008