Down the Ditch: shiny station awaits Dalstoners travelling south to Shoreditch.
Dalston Junction now has trains running out of it. To a background of Bollywood dancing Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, today Tuesday 27 April 2010 opened the East London Line (map), surprising ex-Mayor Ken Livingstone, who had wanted at least to share the credit. A 07.05-20.00 service is running from E8 to New Cross every five minutes. The official opening is still planned for Sunday 23 May 2010; at least, so says Transport for London. The plan is then to extend the service to its full South London glory: the end of the line will be West Croydon, which anyone from the other quarters of No 1 City will agree has a certain logic.
Ah! Croydon, I remember now. Back in 2007 Michael Rosen wrote this: “A train linking Hackney to Croydon is on its way, reminding us that the great white building will preside over the Croydonisation of Dalston and no one really knows what the Olympics will bring.”
http://www.timeout.com/london/kids/features/3155/Michael_Rosen-Interview.html