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The new East London Line will open to the public later, as it becomes part of the London Overground network.A service of eight trains an hour will run between New Cross Gate and Dalston Junction, between 0700 BST and 2000 BST, Monday to Friday.
Full evening and weekend services will begin from Saturday 23 May when 12 trains will run per an hour.
Trains will run trough new stations including Whitechapel and Shoreditch High Street, a flagship Zone 1 station.
Further extension work
London Mayor Boris Johnson will officially open the route.
The opening of the line was delayed by a fortnight due to technical problems with the new fleet of trains, Transport for London said.
Oyster cards will work on the new trains which have doors separating the carriages meaning passengers are able to walk the length of the train.
The opening is the first phase of the £1bn extension, agreed in 2003 by the former Labour administration.
Engineering works are continuing to extend the East London Line to Highbury & Islington by Spring 2011.
The extension of the line to Clapham Junction, in south-west London, is planned to be complete by 2012, completing the London Overground orbital network, providing train services around London.
The line will form part of a planned wider London Overground orbital network, which would allow passengers to travel around London on the line without having to enter central areas of the city.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Full evening and weekend services will begin from Saturday 23 May when 12 trains will run per an hour.
Trains will run trough new stations including Whitechapel and Shoreditch High Street, a flagship Zone 1 station.
Further extension work
London Mayor Boris Johnson will officially open the route.
The opening of the line was delayed by a fortnight due to technical problems with the new fleet of trains, Transport for London said.
Oyster cards will work on the new trains which have doors separating the carriages meaning passengers are able to walk the length of the train.
The opening is the first phase of the £1bn extension, agreed in 2003 by the former Labour administration.
Engineering works are continuing to extend the East London Line to Highbury & Islington by Spring 2011.
The extension of the line to Clapham Junction, in south-west London, is planned to be complete by 2012, completing the London Overground orbital network, providing train services around London.
The line will form part of a planned wider London Overground orbital network, which would allow passengers to travel around London on the line without having to enter central areas of the city.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.