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Dr Richard Beeching has gone down in history as the most hated civil servant. His "axe" closed miles of railway lines and underused stations.

The aim was to put the rail system into profit by culling loss-making routes.

But the effect was to give 1960s Britain a taste for using their cars.

The Overground train route linking Stratford with north and west London is doubling the frequency of its services.

The announcement by Transport for London this week, will see four trains per hour at peak times as part of the 2012 Games legacy.

Dalston's Arcola Theatre has relocated to a new home and opened its doors last week for the first performance at the Old Colourworks factory.

Harry Potter star Toby Jones helped launch the new playhouse in Ashwin Street, playing celebrated British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner in the debut production of The Painter by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson is considering two new river crossings for east London.

Mr Johnson pulled the plug on his predecessor Ken Livingstone's proposals for a new bridge between Thamesmead and Beckton 18 months ago, but now seems to recognise the need for better cross-river transport links in the region.

After two and a half years in the transport wilderness, East London businesses are celebrating the imminent return of a key train link.

Transport for London has announced plans to reopen the East London line in the next few weeks - two months ahead of schedule - following a £1billion investment programme.

The East London line is set to return to the capital's transport grid this summer.

Mayor Boris Johnson travelled to Shoreditch High Street today (Tuesday) to check on the progress of the £1billion overground project, which will link Wapping to destinations north and south of the river.

The East London line replacement bus service is to be scaled back from Friday as it "no longer represents value for money".

Buses were introduced when the line closed in December 2007 as part of a £10billion investment programme, allowing commuters to continue to travel to destinations such as Wapping, Shadwell and Shoreditch.

IT’S still four years away but the London Olympics are set to bring early benefits for the capital’s commuters, at least according to the people behind it.

A new report from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) claims residents and commuters will enjoy the fruits of the body’s labours as soon as 2010, due to a transport infastructure investment for east London of around £500million.