Kingsland Viaduct

Since then it has carried East London Line services between Shoreditch High Street and Dalston.

Previously the North London Line's access from west of Dalston to the City was by a circuitous route via Hackney, Homerton, Bow and Stepney to Fenchurch Street.

The extension, originally with three lines, shortened this considerably by providing a direct route from Dalston over the Kingsland Viaduct.

The lines were electrified with two conductor rails at 600 V DC, with services beginning on 1 October 1916, using Oerlikon rolling stock.

[1][2] The plan received the support of a public inquiry in 1994 and it was envisaged that the construction of the extension and the station itself would begin in 1996, to be completed by 1998.