London Bridge station

London Bridge
Main station concourse in January 2018
London Bridge Location of London Bridge in Central London
Location	Southwark
Local authority	London Borough of Southwark
Managed by	Network Rail
Station code	LBG
DfT category	A
Number of platforms	15
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	1
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13	53.351 million[3]
– interchange	8.568 million[3]
2013–14	56.442 million[3]
– interchange	8.815 million[3]
2014–15	49.517 million[3]
– interchange	8.454 million[3]
2015–16	53.851[2] million[3]
– interchange	2.025 million[3]
2016–17	47.874 million[3]
– interchange	1.986 million[3]
Railway companies
Original company	London & Croydon Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
14 December 1836	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°30′16″N 0°05′09″W / 51.5044°N 0.0857°W / 51.5044; -0.0857Coordinates: 51°30′16″N 0°05′09″W / 51.5044°N 0.0857°W / 51.5044; -0.0857
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London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London. It occupies a large area on three levels immediately south-east of London Bridge, from which it takes its name, the main line station is the oldest railway station in London fare zone 1 and one of the oldest in the world having opened in 1836. It is one of two main line termini in London to the south of the River Thames (the other being Waterloo) and is the fourth-busiest station in London, handling over 50 million customers a year.

The station was originally opened by the London and Greenwich Railway as a local commuter service, it subsequently served the London and Croydon Railway, the London and Brighton Railway and the South Eastern Railway, thus becoming an important London terminus. It was rebuilt in 1849 and again in 1864 to provide more services and increase capacity. Local services from London Bridge began to be electrified at the turn of the 20th century, and had spread to national routes by the 1930s, the station was extensively rebuilt by British Rail in the 1970s, along with a comprehensive re-signalling scheme and track alignment. It was further developed in the 2010s to better accommodate the Thameslink route which provides a connection to Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport and Crossrail.

London Bridge is served by Southeastern services from Charing Cross and Cannon Street to destinations in southeast London, Kent and East Sussex and is a terminus for many Southern commuter and regional services to south London and numerous destinations in South East England. Thameslink services from Bedford, Cambridge and Peterborough to Brighton and other destinations in Sussex and Kent began serving the station in 2018.

Location[edit]

The main line station is one of 19 UK stations managed by Network Rail,^[4] it consists of a ticket hall and entrance area with its main frontage on Tooley Street, along with entrances on Borough High Street, as well as within the main line station concourse. It is one of two mainline London termini south of the River Thames, the other being Waterloo.^[5]

The Underground station is served by the Jubilee line and the Bank branch of the Northern line.^[6] Several London Buses routes, including 43 and RV1 serve the station; some via the bus station.^[7] River buses serve the nearby London Bridge City Pier.^[8]

History[edit]

London Bridge station was opened on 14 December 1836, making it the oldest of the London railway termini that is still running,^[9] it was not the earliest station in the London metropolitan area, as the London and Greenwich Railway had opened stations at Spa Road (in Bermondsey) and Deptford on 8 February 1836. The completion of the line into London Bridge was postponed because of delays in constructing a bridge at Bermondsey Street, from 10 October 1836, trains were able to operate as far as the east end of this bridge, with passengers having to walk the last 300 yards (270 m).^[10] The station has had several changes of ownership and complete rebuilds since opening.^[9]

London and Greenwich Railway station[edit]

The original London and Greenwich Railway station in December 1836

The original station was 60 feet (18 m) wide and 400 feet (120 m) long, with four tracks. It was approached through a pair of iron gates.^[11] Three tracks led into two platforms as a stub end of a viaduct,^[10] the station was originally entirely exposed to the weather, though a tarred canvas roof was erected in 1840.^[10] Sixteen columns and fourteen beams from this structure were retrieved in 2013 and given to the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth, Wales for use in a planned railway museum.^[12]

Before completing the train shed, the London and Greenwich Railway entered into an agreement with the proposed London and Croydon Railway for the latter to use its tracks from Corbett's Lane, Bermondsey, and to share its station, the Greenwich railway had however underestimated the cost of building the long viaduct leading to London Bridge and was not able to build a sufficiently large station for the traffic for both companies, and so in July 1836 it sold some land adjacent to its station (then still under construction) to the Croydon railway to build their own independent station.^[13]

London and Croydon Railway station[edit]

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the approaches to London Bridge

The London and Brighton Railway and the South Eastern Railway (SER) were also planning routes from London to Brighton and Dover respectively, and the British Parliament decided that the London and Greenwich line should become the entry corridor into London from South East England. The two railways were therefore required to share the route of the London and Croydon Railway from near Norwood (which in turn shared the route of the London and Greenwich Railway from Bermondsey to London Bridge), as a result, in 1838 the London and Croydon Railway obtained powers to enlarge the station it was then constructing at London Bridge, before it had opened for traffic.^[14]

The London and Croydon Railway opened its line and began using its station on 5 June 1839; the London and Brighton Railway joined it on 12 July 1841, followed by the South Eastern Railway in 26 May 1842.^[15] It was soon found that the viaduct approaching London Bridge would be inadequate to deal with the traffic generated by four railways, so it was widened by the Greenwich Railway between 1840 and 1842, doubling the number of tracks to four, the new lines, intended for the Croydon, Brighton and South Eastern trains, were situated on the south side of the existing Greenwich line, whereas their station was to the north of the London Bridge site, leading to an awkward and potentially dangerous crossing of one another's lines. The directors of the companies involved decided to exchange sites; the London and Greenwich Railway would take over the newly completed London and Croydon Railway station, whilst a new joint committee of the Croydon, Brighton and South Eastern companies would demolish the first station and build a new one on its site.^[16]

Joint station[edit]

The proposed London Bridge joint station c. 1844

Plans for a large new station were drawn up, designed jointly by Lewis Cubitt, John Urpeth Rastrick and Henry Roberts.^[17] Drawings were published in the Illustrated London News and George Bradshaw's Guide to the London and Brighton Railway 1844. They show 'a quasi-Italianate building with a picturesque campanile',^[18] it opened for business in July 1844 while only partially complete, but events were taking place which would mean that the bell tower would never be built, and the new building would only last five years.^[19]

In 1843 the SER and Croydon railway companies became increasingly concerned by the high tolls charged by the London and Greenwich Railway for the use of the station approaches, and gained Parliamentary approval to build their own independent line into south London to a new station at Bricklayer's Arms, which was tenuously described as a "West End terminus", this line opened on 1 May 1844 and most of the services from these two companies were withdrawn from London Bridge, leaving only the Greenwich and Brighton companies using London Bridge station.^[20] The Greenwich company was on the brink of bankruptcy and so was forced to lease its lines to the SER, which took effect from 1 January 1845,^[21] the following year the Croydon and Brighton companies merged with others to form the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR).^[22] As a result of these amalgamations, there were now only two companies wishing to use the two adjoining stations at London Bridge, the LB&SCR used the unfinished joint station until 1849, when it was demolished so a larger building could be constructed.^[23]

South Eastern Railway station[edit]

The South Eastern Station (left) and the temporary Brighton station c. 1850 after the demolition of the Joint station

The SER took over the second London and Greenwich station (which had been built for the London and Croydon Railway) and sought to develop that site rather than continue to invest in the former joint station, which became the property of the LB&SCR. The SER station was therefore rebuilt and enlarged between 1847 and 1850, to a design by Samuel Beazley,^[18] at the same time yet further improvements were made to the station approaches, increasing the number of tracks to six, which entirely separated the lines of the two railways.^[24] Once these extensions were complete the SER closed its passenger terminus at Bricklayer's Arms and converted the site into a goods depot in 1852.^[25]

London Bridge station remained the London terminus of the SER until 1864 when its station was again rebuilt.^[23] Five of the existing platforms were converted into a through station to enable the extension of the main line into central London and the opening of Charing Cross railway station, and in 1866 to Cannon Street station.^[26] In 1899 the SER entered into a working amalgamation with the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR) to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee. Junctions were laid to enable trains through London Bridge to reach the LC&DR stations at Holborn Viaduct and St Pauls.^[27]

London Brighton and South Coast Railway station[edit]

The London Brighton and South Coast Railway station c. 1853

The two stations, as seen from the line c. 1853

The LB&SCR took over the unfinished joint station, which they demolished in 1849 and opened a temporary station in 1850.^[28] This was rebuilt and enlarged in 1853-4 to deal with the additional traffic from the lines to Sydenham and Crystal Palace. A three-storey box-like structure in Italian style was erected, with the name of the railway emblazoned on the top parapet.^[22]

Plan of the stations by 1888, with the SER's separate high- and low-level tracks, and the LB&SCR's new platforms 4, 5 and 6 and Terminus Hotel

In 1859 the LC&DR applied to the LB&SCR for running powers from Sydenham to London Bridge, but was refused.^[29] However, some ticketing arrangement was made between the two companies as the LC&DR advertised connections to and from London Bridge in its timetables in The Times and Bradshaw's Railway Guide for July 1861.^[30][31][31] This arrangement was short-lived pending the construction of the LC&DR line to Holborn Viaduct.^[32]

The LB&SCR also built the Terminus Hotel at the station in 1861. It was designed by Henry Currey, architect for St Thomas's Hospital and had 150 public rooms over seven stories,^[33] it was not successful due to its site on the south bank of the river and so was turned into offices for the railway in 1893. It was destroyed by bombing in 1941.^[34]

An Act of Parliament of 1862 gave the LB&SCR power to enlarge the station further.^[35] Over the next few years under the direction of new Chief Engineer Frederick Banister,^[36] the company built four more platform-faces in an adjoining area to the south of its existing station to cope with additional traffic generated by the completion of the South London Line and other suburban lines to Victoria station.^[37] This had a single-span trussed-arch roof measuring 88 by 655 ft (27 by 200 m), and was designed by J. Hawkshaw and Banister,^[36] during the first decade of the twentieth century LB&SCR station at London Bridge was again enlarged, but overall London Bridge station remained a sprawling confusion.^[38]

The chaotic nature of the station at the turn of the century was described in John Davidson's poem, "London Bridge":

Inside the station, everything's so old,
So inconvenient, of such manifold
Perplexity, and, as a mole might see,
So strictly what a station shouldn't be,
That no idea minifies its crude
And yet elaborate ineptitude.

— John Davidson, Fleet Street and Other Poems^[39]

The LB&SCR electrified the South London Line from London Bridge to Victoria in 1909 using an overhead system. Once this experiment proved to be successful other suburban services from the station were electrified, including the lines to Crystal Palace in 1912.^[40] Electrification of the main line to Croydon was not however completed until 1920 due to delays resulting from the First World War.^[41]

Southern Railway station[edit]

The LB&SCR station in 1922 shortly before Southern Railway ownership. The Terminus Hotel is to the right of the picture

The Railways Act 1921 led to the Big Four grouping in 1923. All of the railways of southern England combined to form the Southern Railway (SR), bringing the London Bridge complex under single ownership,^[42] the wall that divided the Chatham and Brighton stations was partially knocked through in 1928 to provide an easier interchange between stations. This allowed a greater range of platforms to be used for the increasingly frequent suburban rail services to London Bridge.^[43]

Between 1926 and 1928 the Southern Railway electrified the SE&CR suburban lines at London Bridge using a third rail electric system, and converted the existing LB&SCR routes to the same system. The first electric services ran on 25 March 1928 from London Bridge to Crystal Palace via Sydenham, followed by a peak hour service to Coulsdon North on 17 June, this was followed by electric services to Epsom Downs via West Croydon, Crystal Palace via Tulse Hill, and Streatham Hill, and to Dorking North and Effingham Junction via Mitcham on 3 March 1929.^[42] At the same time as electrification, the SR installed colour light signalling, the Southern Railway electrified the Brighton Main Line services to Brighton and the South Coast, providing a full service to Three Bridges on 17 July 1932. This was following by a full electric service to Brighton and West Worthing on 1 January 1933, followed by services to Seaford, Eastbourne and Hastings on 7 July 1935 and to Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 3 July 1938.^[44]

By the 1930s, a regular feature of London Bridge traffic was a glut of commuter services all departing at or shortly after 5:00 pm. A typical timetable included 12-car services to Brighton, Eastbourne and Littlehampton, all between 5:00 and 5:05. "The fives" continued to run until the mid-1970s.^[44]

Both the London Bridge stations were badly damaged by bombing in the London Blitz in December 1940 and early 1941, the shell of the two stations was patched up but the former Terminal Hotel, then used as railway offices, was rendered unsafe and demolished.^[18]

British Railways station[edit]

Central Section concourse before the 1978 rebuilding

British Railways (BR) took over responsibility for the station in 1948 following nationalisation of the railways. They did not consider London Bridge a priority at first, and the war-torn damage of the station remained into the 1960s.^[45] Electrification of the lines into London Bridge continued during the 1950s and 1960s, with the final steam service running in 1964, when the line to Oxted and Uckfield was replaced by diesel / electric multiple units.^[46]

By the early 1970s the station could no longer cope with the volume of traffic, thus between 1972 and 1978, British Rail (as it was then known) undertook a major redevelopment of the station and its approaches.^[47] This included a £21 million re-signalling scheme, and a new station concourse designed by N. D. T. Wikeley, regional architect for the Southern Region, this was opened 14 December 1978. New awnings were added over the former S.E.R. platforms, but the arched Brighton roof was retained. It has been described as "one of the best modern station reconstructions in Britain".^[48]

The station approach before the 1978 rebuilding

Patronage to London Bridge tailed off from a peak in the early 1970s, the station remained popular for through routes to the City and the West End, but the number of terminal trains declined significantly by the early 1980s.^[49] The bridge over the station's north end became Grade II listed in January 1988, while Platforms 9–16 (the former LB&SCR side) became listed the same that December.^[50][51]

In 1991, a "Thameslink 2000" project was proposed that would improve services between London Bridge and the Great Northern lines,^[52] it was originally hoped the work would be complete by 1997.^[53] A £500 million refurbishment programme was announced by Railtrack in 1999, which would have seen the station complex rotated by 90 degrees, and large amount of shopping space added.^[54]

Thameslink Programme[edit]

Part of the new concourse under platforms 7–9.

The station was comprehensively redeveloped between 2009 and 2017 with the rebuilding of all platforms, the addition of two major new street-level entrances, and changes to passenger concourses and retail facilities.^[55] The Shard opened next to the station in 2012. It included a new entrance and roof for the terminal level concourse, and a larger bus station was constructed in front of the building.^[56][57]

This was followed by a major transformation programme known as Masterplan, linked to the Thameslink programme.^[58]

Work began in 2012 with the terminal platforms adjacent to St Thomas Street, reducing the number from nine to six and extending them to accommodate longer 12-car trains.^[59] Through platforms were increased from six to nine, all of which catered for 12-car trains;^[a] in the redeveloped station, Charing Cross services were assigned four new dedicated platforms (6, 7, 8 and 9), and Thameslink services to platforms 4 and 5.^[60] The existing platforms for Cannon Street services on the north side of the station were also rebuilt.^[61]

During the works, Charing Cross trains did not call at the station for most of 2015–16 as the platforms were rebuilt, followed by Cannon Street trains from 2016–17.^[62][63] Thameslink services to/from the Thameslink core did not stop between 2015 and May 2018, when an all day service with significantly enhanced frequency began as the programme of works was completed.^[64]

The South Eastern Railway's former headquarters in Tooley Street, London, near London Bridge station.

As part of the rebuilding works, the listed northern wall of the terminus train-shed was demolished and replaced with a new retaining wall, and the listed bays of the roof over the terminating platforms were dismantled and stored,^[65] each of the rebuilt platforms has its own full length platform canopy.^[66]

The footbridge dating from the 1970s that linked platforms for passenger interchange was also demolished, and replaced by an interchange concourse underneath the platforms accessed by lift, stairs and escalator, this required the demolition of brick vaults between Stainer and Weston Streets, which were pedestrianised and became part of the new concourse. A wider route was created through the Western Arcade to Joiner Street and the underground station by relocating existing shops in to renovated barrel vaults.^[67] Two major new street level entrances were opened to the south on St Thomas Street, and to the north, on Tooley Street,^[68] this required demolishing the 1893 SER office building.^[69]

The refurbished station was officially opened by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on 9 May 2018. The total estimated value of the project was around £220 million.^[70]

National Rail station[edit]

A plan of lines in and out of London Bridge Station

The station's platform configuration is:

• Platforms 1, 2 and 3 serve trains to/from Cannon Street and southeast London and Kent.
• Platforms 4 & 5 serve Thameslink trains between the Brighton main line and the Thameslink core via Blackfriars.
• Platforms 6–9 serve trains to/from Charing Cross to southeast London, Kent and East Sussex.
• Platforms 10–15 serve mainly Southern services toward south London and the south coast.

The platforms are linked together by a large street-level concourse, offering a ticket office, retail facilities and waiting areas, with entrances on St Thomas Street and Tooley Street.

Services[edit]

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Legend
South Western main line to Weymouth Hungerford Bridge over River Thames Waterloo Charing Cross Waterloo East ( 1864– 1868 ) Blackfriars Road Elephant & Castle Blackfriars Thameslink to Sutton, Sevenoaks and Brighton Thameslink to MML & ECML ( 1864– 1885 ) Blackfriars Bridge City Thameslink Brighton main line to Brighton London Bridge Cannon Street South Eastern main line to SE London and Kent River Thames

London Bridge is the fourth busiest station in the United Kingdom, served by around 54–56 million passengers a year.^[71][72] Typical off-peak service from the station is:

Southeastern to/from Charing Cross

• 16 trains per hour (tph) to London Charing Cross via Waterloo East
• 2 tph Dartford via Bexleyheath^[73]
• 2 tph Gravesend via Sidcup^[73]
• 2 tph Gillingham via Lewisham and Woolwich Arsenal^[73]
• 2 tph Hayes avoiding Lewisham^[74]
• 2 tph Sevenoaks via Orpington^[74]
• 2 tph Tunbridge Wells^[75]
• 2 tph Hastings via Tunbridge Wells^[75]
• 1 tph Dover via Ashford International^[76]
• 1 tph Ramsgate via Ashford International and Canterbury West^[77]

Southeastern to/from Cannon Street^[78]

• 14 trains per hour (tph) to Cannon Street
• 2 tph to Hayes via Lewisham
• 2 tph Orpington via Grove Park
• 2 tph Dartford via Greenwich and Woolwich Arsenal
• 2 tph Loop service via Greenwich and Woolwich Arsenal to Slade Green then return via Sidcup
• 2 tph Loop service via Greenwich and Woolwich Arsenal to Slade Green then return via Barnehurst and Bexleyheath
• 2 tph Loop service via Bexleyheath to Barnehurst, then return via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich
• 2 tph Loop service via Sidcup to Crayford, then return via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich

Southern

The typical weekday off peak services include:^[79]

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Crystal Palace
• 2 tph to West Croydon via Streatham
• 2 tph to Caterham via New Cross Gate
• 2 tph to Tattenham Corner
• 2 tph to Beckenham Junction via Crystal Palace
• 2 tph to Horsham via Redhill
• 1 tph to Uckfield via Oxted

Thameslink

The Thameslink timetable through London Bridge was introduced in May 2018, the current off peak service is:^[80][81]

• 4 tph to Brighton via Gatwick Airport (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to Horsham via Gatwick Airport (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to Gatwick Airport via Redhill (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to Rainham via Greenwich, Charlton, Abbey Wood, Dartford, Gravesend and Gillingham (Thameslink)
• 4 tph to Bedford via St Pancras International, St Albans City, Luton Airport and Luton Town. (operated by Thameslink)
• 2 tph to Luton Town via St Pancras International, St Albans City and Luton Airport
• 2 tph to Cambridge via St Pancras International, Stevenage and Hitchin (Thameslink)
• 2 tph to Peterborough via St Pancras International, Stevenage and Hitchin (Thameslink)

London Underground station[edit]

London Bridge
Tooley Street entrance
Location	Borough
Local authority	London Borough of Southwark
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes[82]
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013	69.88 million[83]
2014	74.98 million[83]
2015	71.96 million[83]
2016	70.74 million[83]
Railway companies
Original company	City & South London Railway
Key dates
1900	Opened
7 October 1999[84]	Jubilee line started
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	TfL station info page
London transport portal

Northern line platforms

The Underground station is served by the Jubilee line and the Bank branch of the Northern line, it is the sixth busiest on the network, serving 7001707409999900000♠70.74 in 2016.^[83] It is the only station on the London Underground network with "London" in its name (while the NR termini are named, for instance, "London Waterloo" the Underground station is simply named "Waterloo").^[85][86]

There are two platforms on each line and two main sets of escalators to and from the Tooley Street ticket hall. All four platforms are directly accessible from the Borough High Street entrance/exit. There is an emergency exit to Joiner Street.^[87]

Northern line[edit]

The first underground station at London Bridge was part of the second section of the City & South London Railway (C&SLR). The company had been formed on 28 July 1884 with the intention of constructing a line under the Thames from King William Street to Stockwell via Elephant and Castle and Kennington, which opened on 18 December 1890.^[88][89] No station was provided at London Bridge; the first station south of the river was at Borough. King William Street was found to be badly placed owing to a steep incline towards the station from underneath the Thames, which limited its capacity.^[90]

When the decision was made to extend the C&SLR northwards to Moorgate, a new pair of tunnels was constructed from north of Borough station on a new alignment providing a more convenient route and the opportunity to open a station at London Bridge. The tunnels to King William Street and the station were closed and the extension and London Bridge station opened on 25 February 1900.^[89][90]

The station entrance was originally at Three Castles House on the corner of London Bridge Street and Railway Approach, but has since been moved to Borough High Street and Tooley Street, the original entrance remained standing until March 2013 when it was demolished.^[91]

Jubilee line platforms

In the aftermath of the King's Cross fire in 1987, London Underground was recommended to investigate "passenger flow and congestion in stations and take remedial action",^[92] as a consequence, the congested Northern line platforms were rebuilt during the late 1990s, increasing the platform and circulation areas for the opening of the Jubilee Line Extension.^[93]

The station is arranged for right-hand running, this is because it is in a stretch of the Northern line (from just south of Borough to just south of Moorgate) where the northbound line is to the east of the southbound, instead of to the west.^[94]

Jubilee line[edit]

The Jubilee line station is between Southwark and Bermondsey, it opened on 7 October 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension, although trains had been running through non-stop from the previous month.^[95][84] To enable the Jubilee line to be constructed, months of major engineering works to relocate buried services in the surrounding streets had to be undertaken.^[96] A new ticket hall was created in the arches under the main-line station, with entrances at Joiner Street and Borough High Street.^[97]

During excavations a variety of Roman remains were found, including pottery and fragments of mosaics; some of these are now on display in the station.^[98] The Jubilee line platforms have been fitted with platform screen doors in common with all other stations on the extension.^[99]

Accidents and incidents[edit]

There have been several recorded accidents at London Bridge station, though relatively few of these have caused fatalities,^[100] the most serious accidents were:

• On 1 February 1884, the 12:05 pm London Bridge to Victoria, hauled by LB&SCR Terrier No.71 Wapping, collided with a D1 tank which was fouling the exit from the platform. Two carriages derailed.^[101]
• On 27 November 1895, a local train hauled by LB&SCR Terrier No. 70 Poplar collided with the buffer stops.^[101]
• On August 1926, a F1 class locomotive overran the buffers and crashed into a brewery.^[102]
• On 9 July 1928, B2X class locomotive No. B210 was in a sidelong collision with an electric multiple unit after the driver of B210 misread signals. Two people were killed and nine were injured, six seriously.^[103]
• On 23 January 1948, a train formed of a 6PAN and a 6PUL unit, which formed that day's 7:30 am service from Ore coupled with the 8:50 am from Seaford, was allowed to draw up to the inner home signal, where it should have stopped. Instead, it overran the signal and collided at a speed of between 15 and 20 mph (24 and 32 km/h) with an empty stock which had formed the 8:20 am from Brighton and was waiting to depart London Bridge's platform 14 for New Cross Gate. This train was formed of two 6PAN units, the train that was struck was forced through the buffers and demolished a bookstall. Two train crew and one passenger were killed and 34 people were injured.^[104]
• On 28 February 1992, a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA exploded at the station, injuring 29 people.^[105][106]
• On 3 June 2017, the station was closed for several hours during a terrorist attack on London Bridge and in nearby Borough Market.^[107]

References[edit]

Notes

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External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to London Bridge station.

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Underground Station in 1915
  • Underground Station in 1929
• Station information on London Bridge station from Network Rail
• More photographs of Underground station

Thameslink Programme publicity:

• "London Bridge redevelopment" (PDF). Publicity leaflet. Network Rail. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2013. 
• "London Bridge – a vision for the future" (PDF). Public information display panel. Network Rail. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013. 
• "London Bridge – a bigger, better station" (PDF). Public information display panel. Network Rail. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2013. 

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Blackfriars		Thameslink Thameslink		East Croydon or Norwood Junction or Deptford
Waterloo East		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line		Sevenoaks / Orpington / Rochester or Chatham (Peak hours only)
		Southeastern SE Metro (London Charing Cross)		Lewisham or Ladywell or Hither Green
London Cannon Street		Southeastern Greenwich Line		Deptford
		Southeastern SE Metro via New Cross		New Cross
Terminus		Southern Brighton Main Line, Tattenham Corner Line and Redhill routes		Norwood Junction or East Croydon
		Southern London Bridge – Uckfield		East Croydon
		Southern SN Metro via New Cross Gate		New Cross Gate
		Southern SN Metro via Peckham Rye		South Bermondsey
	Historical railways
London Cannon Street or Waterloo East		South Eastern and Chatham Railway Greenwich line		Spa Road
Blackfriars Road		South Eastern Railway South Eastern Main Line		Spa Road
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Southwark towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		Bermondsey towards Stratford
Borough towards Morden		Northern line City Branch		Bank towards Edgware, Mill Hill East, or High Barnet (via Bank)