Private company
East London Railway
Railway line in London
The East London line is a railway line running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London. It is currently used by London Overground services and was previously a line of the London Underground.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
May 26, 1865Founded1
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The East London line is a railway line running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London. It is currently used by London Overground services and was previously a line of the London Underground.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- District Railway
- Great Eastern Railway
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
- London, Chatham and Dover Railway
- Metropolitan Railway
- South Eastern Railway
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
- Succeeded by Southern Railway1
Timeline
- May 26, 1865Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaEast London Railway Company
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ10269904
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataEast London Railway on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaEast London Railway on Wikipedia