On 10 Dec, 20:21, Tom Anderson wrote:
says "The East London line will close on 22 December 2007 for major
extension work and will reopen by summer 2010 as part of the London
Overground network.". Summer 2010 is public works code for winter 2010,
from which i calculated three years. But if it only takes two, that's much
better.

TfL's latest documents list a forecast completion time (even with
testing etc) of November 7th 2009.

eg Page 81 here.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...tober_2007.pdf

I've also heard that there's to be large-scale changes to power and
signals to change them to NR standards. Still hard to see how this'll take
2-3 years.

Yes, basically everything's going to be ripped out and they'll start
again. They're also doing some major refurbishment/rebuilding of the
stations, though I don't have details handy.

The timetable above has London Underground not handing over the line
to the builders until March, and the work will be complete and ready
for testing by June the next year. 15 months seems pretty good to me.

On a related note, Liverpool Street is closed for a week over christmas
"as a result of major engineering work on the approach lines to the
station, in connection with the extension of TfLs East London line". I
don't know if that's the ramp or a new track connection or preparatory
works or what.

Demolishing the enormous brick viaduct over the Great Eastern Main
Line on the east side of Brick Lane. It's in the way of the ELL's own
bridge over the line. Apparently it weighs 12,000 tonnes:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...ntre/6798.aspx

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