Editing East London line (section)

==Service==
The combined East London and South London line service is described by Transport for London as the Highbury & Islington to New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon route.<ref name="Dec 23 times">{{cite web |title=Highbury & Islington to New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon route |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/highbury-and-islington-to-west-croydon-london-overground-timetable-dec-to-june-2024.pdf |website=Transport for London |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref> As of the December 2023 timetable the typical off-peak service pattern is:<ref name="Dec 23 times"/>

{| class="wikitable"
! Route !! tph !! Calling at
|-
| {{stnlnk|Dalston Junction}} to {{stnlnk|New Cross}} || 4 || {{cslist|{{stnlnk|Haggerston}}|{{stnlnk|Hoxton}}|{{stnlnk|Shoreditch High Street}}|{{station|Whitechapel}}|{{stnlink|Shadwell}}|{{stnlnk|Wapping}}|{{stnlnk|Rotherhithe}}|{{station|Canada Water}}|{{stnlnk|Surrey Quays}}}}
|-
| Dalston Junction to {{stnlnk|Clapham Junction}} || 4 || {{cslist|Haggerston|Hoxton|Shoreditch High Street|Whitechapel|Shadwell|Wapping|Rotherhithe|Canada Water|Surrey Quays|{{stnlnk|Queens Road Peckham}}|{{stnlnk|Peckham Rye}}|{{stnlnk|Denmark Hill}}|{{stnlnk|Clapham High Street}}|{{stnlnk|Wandsworth Road}}}}
|-
| {{station|Highbury & Islington}} to {{rws|Crystal Palace}} || 4 || {{cslist|{{rws|Canonbury}}|Dalston Junction|Haggerston|Hoxton|Shoreditch High Street|Whitechapel|Shadwell|Wapping|Rotherhithe|Canada Water|Surrey Quays|{{rws|New Cross Gate}}|{{rws|Brockley}}|{{rws|Honor Oak Park}}|{{rws|Forest Hill}}|{{rws|Sydenham|London}}}}
|-
| Highbury & Islington to {{station|West Croydon}} || 4 || {{cslist|Canonbury|Dalston Junction|Haggerston|Hoxton|Shoreditch High Street, Whitechapel|Shadwell|Wapping|Rotherhithe|Canada Water|Surrey Quays|New Cross Gate|Brockley|Honor Oak Park|Forest Hill|Sydenham|{{rws|Penge West}}|{{rws|Anerley}}|{{rws|Norwood Junction}}}}
|}

A Friday and Saturday [[Night Tube|night service]] was introduced between Dalston Junction and New Cross Gate (initially not stopping at Whitechapel) from December 2017.

===Renaming===
In July 2023, TfL announced that it would be giving each of the six Overground services unique names by the end of the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Naming London Overground lines |url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/naming-overground |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Transport for London }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-01 |title=London Overground lines to be given names |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66067924 |access-date=2024-02-11 |work=[[BBC News]] }}</ref> In February 2024, it was confirmed that the service running on the East London and [[South London line|South London]] lines would be named the ''Windrush line'' (to honour the [[Windrush generation]] of immigrants to the area from the Caribbean) and would be coloured red on the updated network map.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296483 London Overground: New names for its six lines revealed], BBC News, 15 February 2024</ref>