eastender wrote:
Hackney Gazette reports that the ELL is opening on 23 May, two months
ahead of schedule.

23rd May is the next NR timetable change date, and that has been expected
for a while now, as in railway terms that is 'summer 2010'.

But according to the current NR timetable they (ie NR) were expecting the
new service to start in April anyway (but probably only on the ELL itself -
because to run to Croydon and Crystal Palace requires the existing SN
timetable to be seriously changed.)

Previous posts have suggested local passengers will be involved in trials of
the new line beforehand as well...

Paul S