OREANDA-NEWS. The redevelopment of London Bridge railway station takes a massive step forward this August bank holiday with the opening of the first two-thirds of the new concourse, allowing passengers to see for the first time how this major project is progressing.

A vital part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers and businesses, the redevelopment of London Bridge will improve journeys for passengers using one of the busiest routes into London.  

The station is being transformed, creating new platforms for more trains, building a new concourse, and creating a bigger and better station for passengers, as part of the Thameslink Programme.

London Bridge is the fourth busiest station in the country, bringing around 56 million passengers into the city each year. Once the entire project is finished, the station will be equipped to allow more Thameslink trains to run every day, offering better connections than ever before.

The massive concourse will be bigger than the pitch at Wembley once complete and has been under construction beneath the operational railway for the past four years. This summer will be the first time that passengers will get to use its facilities. The entire project will be completed in January 2018.

About Thameslink Programme

The Government-sponsored Thameslink Programme is  transforming north-south travel through London. When complete in 2018 it will give passengers:

    New longer and more spacious trains running every 2 to 3 minutes through central London in the peak
    Improved connections and better options to more destinations on an expanded Thameslink network including Cambridge and Peterborough
    More robust tracks and state-of-the art signalling and more reliable trains to make journeys more reliable.
    Completely rebuilt stations at Blackfriars and London BridgeOver 120 million people a year go to London Bridge or through it to Cannon Street and Charing Cross – around 50 million start or end their at London Bridge itselfLondon Bridge will be longer than the Shard is tall From 2018, more frequent services:Between London Bridge and St Pancras - up to 18 Thameslink trains an hour in each direction, during the peak.
    Between Blackfriars and St Pancras - up to 24 trains per hour in each direction during the peak
    The new concourse at London Bridge will be bigger than the pitch at Wembley, increasing passenger capacity by 65%.


London Bridge facts

179 years old – London Bridge is London’s oldest surviving rail terminus, first opened in Dec 1836

About Network Rail

Network Rail owns, manages and develops Britain's railway - the 20,000 miles of track, 40,000 bridges and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations (the largest of which we also run). In partnership with train operators we help people take more than 1.65bn journeys by rail every year and move hundreds of millions of tonnes of freight, saving almost 8m lorry journeys. We employ 36,000 people across Britain and work round-the-clock, each and every day, to provide a safe, reliable railway.