I warn you this post contains slightly over the top enthusiastic mumblings about London transport. So if your train has been delayed or you’ve been sat next to a person with questionable personal hygiene I’d navigate away now.

It’s time to admit it, I love the new East London line on the London over-ground. I’ve lived in London for over 18 months now and one of my biggest frustrations is the accessibility of the transport system. Pretty much the only part of the underground I can use is half of the Jubilee Line and that’s only when they have not shut it for upgrade work and the busses but only when they decide to send them out with working ramps. So you can imagine my little happy face when I found out that the East London line was wheelchair accessible. I’m too proud to say that I did a little dance of joy as this now means that previously unexplored parts of London were now ready to get a royal visit from Rockupandroll.

So far I’ve used it to get from Canada Water to Shoreditch and I love it. The trains are spacious, I can get on and off on my own, there is a really good size wheelchair space and the new stations with step free access have big lifts that are quick and amazingly seem to work. I tell you this is the stuff of dreams. My only gripe is that there don’t seem to be enough wheelchair spaces, oh and the inside of the trains seem to be decked out in a garish 1970’s orange and brown interior last seen on a Ford Capri.