Current Projects

East London Line Extension

East London Line Extension
Balfour Beatty/Carillion Joint Venture
Contract Value £363 Million

The project will bring wider benefits for London. It will provide an important transport link for the Olympics and bring huge regeneration opportunities to East London by connecting it up to the rest of London's vast transport network. It will also be a link to integrate the East London and North London Railways together. This is to be delivered prior to the Olympics.

The main construction work commenced 2006 and will:

• Replace approx. 7.4km of track and signalling equipment on the existing East London Line (Whitechapel-New Cross) to convert it to National Rail operation
• Install approx. 3.6km of new track and signalling equipment for the northern extension from Whitechapel to Dalston Junction
  
• Construct four new stations with step-free access at Dalston Junction, Haggerston, Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street
  
• Install a railway flyover just north of New Cross Gate, to connect the southern end of the line to the existing Network Rail line (New Cross-West Croydon)
  
• Construct a new train maintenance depot at New Cross
  The rail link from Dalston Junction to Highbury & Islington, connecting up the North and East London Railways, will be delivered in time for the Olympics.

When the East London Railway opens in June 2010, twelve trains per hour will run between Dalston Junction and Surrey Quays. In addition, four trains per hour will run to and from New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon.

A second phase of the project, currently unfunded, would extend the East London Railway west from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction - forming a complete outer rail circle around London.