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As of 23 December 2007, the entirety of the East London Line has been closed in order to allow for its extension north through Tower Hamlets and Hackney to Highbury and Islington, and south through Lewisham and Bromley to West Croydon; work is due to be completed by 2010. Following completion of the extension, the line will no longer form part of the London Underground, but instead will be considered part of the London Overground.

Replacement bus services will run for all parts of the line except the one that takes the longest to walk: Rotherhithe to Wapping. (Admittedly it's not really feasible to send buses through the Rotherhithe Tunnel.) Interestingly, although you do need to have an Oyster card to use these buses, the fee charged is 0p - in other words, travel on the ELL replacement buses is actually free (source: Mizter T on uk.transport.london, January 2008).

See also:

• Route map for the extension
• TfL leaflet describing the rail replacement bus services (PDF)
• Diamond Geezer on the East London Line
• Wikipedia entry on the East London Line
• Nick Hardcastle's article on the East London Line platform artwork
• Diagram of the ELL extension route through Shoreditch (from the London Connections blog)

Auto-generated list of all East London Line stations on this guide (view them on a map):

• Anerley Station
• Brockley Station
• Canada Water Station
• Canonbury Station
• Clapham High Street Station
• Clapham Junction Station
• Crystal Palace Station
• Dalston Junction Station
• Denmark Hill Station
• Forest Hill Station
• Haggerston Station
• Highbury And Islington Station
• Honor Oak Park Station
• Hoxton Station
• New Cross Gate Station
• New Cross Station
• Norwood Junction Station
• Peckham Rye Station
• Penge West Station
• Queens Road Peckham Station
• Rotherhithe Station
• Shadwell Station
• Shoreditch High Street Station
• Surrey Quays Station
• Sydenham Station
• Wandsworth Road Station
• Wapping Station
• West Croydon Station
• Whitechapel Station