Nick Pedley wrote:

Just a quick reminder that Shoreditch station (East London Line) will
close
permanently this Friday. Last train appears to depart at 20:34

Out of interest, did they ever consider running the ELL services into
Liverpool Street for all the mainline connections and the direct link to
the City for all the workers?
Or was there too much mainline traffic to allow this?

Well that's what the line originally did but I guess it proved too messy to
justify given the traffic involved. Putting it back now would take at least
one much needed platform at Liverpool Street and create more pressure on one
of the most congested sections of track in London.

If a Liverpool Street to New Crosses root is needed, restoring through
services on the connection at St. Mary's would do the trick better, if the
District and H&C could handle it.