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Key Output 0

Completed March 2009

Service changes introduced and the terminal platforms at Blackfriars closed to allow major work to take place.

Closure of the Farringdon to Moorgate branch line.

Farringdon station remodelled

Reopened December 2009

During 2009 Farringdon Station was remodelled to accommodate longer Thameslink trains.

Platforms were lengthened and a new roof canopy covering the north end of all four platforms was provided, together with a permanent new entrance and concourse facing Turnmill Street.

Key Output 1

Completed end of 2011

Key Output 1 focused on the remodelling of Farringdon and Blackfriars stations and construction of the Borough Viaduct.

All aspects of Key Output 1 were completed by late 2011 in time for the London Olympics in 2012.

In December 2011, a timetable change introduced 10,000 extra peak period seats.

Borough Viaduct completed

Completed 2012

Borough Viaduct built over Borough Market to run alongside the existing rail bridge.

The Viaduct doubled the number of tracks heading west out of London Bridge station and increased the number of trains that can travel through the station to Charing Cross and north of London.

It entered into service on schedule in 2016.

Blackfriars station upgraded

Reopened Summer 2012

Blackfriars Station reopened as the first station to span the River Thames, with exits on the north and south sides of the river.

Key Output 2

2013 – 2018

Key Output 2 comprised major track, signalling and station remodelling works at London Bridge station.

It also involved the creation of a grade-separated junction is at Bermondsey and permanent line equipment being laid out in the new Canal Tunnels.

London Bridge station works begin

May 2013

First new trains brought into use

July 2016

The first new class 700 trains come into service on the Brighton to Bedford route.

This was the first of 115 trains with a total of 1,140 carriages.

London Bridge station concourse two-thirds open

August 2016

Two thirds of the new concourse at London Bridge station opens, with a new ticket office, a new customer information point and a new station control suite to serve platforms 7 – 15.

Platforms 7-9 open and platforms 1-3 close for redevelopment.

Bermondsey Dive Under brought into use

First passenger trains run through in December 2016

Work began on the Bermondsey Dive Under to “untangle the tracks” on the eastern approaches to London Bridge station in Spring 2012.

Civil works were completed in October 2016, before the first passenger train run through via the down Sussex slow line.

London Bridge concourse reopens

2 January 2018

The rest of the new London Bridge station concourse opens.

Platforms 1 – 5 are entered into service, making 15 in total.

Canal Tunnels brought into use

First trains run through in February 2018

The first trains run through the two Canal Tunnels, which link the low-level platforms at St Pancras International on the Thameslink core section with Belle Isle Junction near Finsbury Park station on the East Coast Main Line.

Thameslink Programme installed track, power, signalling and safety systems to run services through the tunnels.

UK’s first self-drive mainline train

26 March 2018

Passengers ride the UK’s first self-drive mainline train in a major milestone for the rail industry.

The 09.46 service from Peterborough to Horsham ran under automatic train operation (ATO) between St Pancras International and London Blackfriars.

London Bridge officially opens

9 May 2018

London Bridge station officially reopened by HRH The Duke of Cambridge.

Station main works are substantially complete.