Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gina layin Gabas ta Gabas don yin amfani da iyakar, da kuma cibiyar sadarwar soja. Har ila yau, an zabi tashar jiragen ruwa na Gabashin London a wani bangare don dalilai na dabarun, kasancewa mafi kusa da tashar jiragen ruwa zuwa iyakar don saukowa da kuma safarar sojoji. An fara layin ne a cikin 1873, lokacin da Firayim Minista ya juya na farko na farko don duka tashar jiragen ruwa ta Gabashin London da Layin Railway na Gabas a ranar 20 ga Agusta, 1873. Ko da yake yaƙe-yaƙe kan iyaka
An katse ginin daga lokaci zuwa lokaci, layin ya isa Queenstown a 1880.