On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 6:49:10 AM UTC, zin92 wrote:
My understanding is that trains to and from Cannon Street will only have two tracks available to them at London Bridge and there wouldn't be enough capacity if trains stopped at London Bridge. Hence they'll pass straight through instead. Whereas trains to and from Charing Cross will have three tracks available to them which does provide enough capacity to allow stopping.

However platforms 4-9 seem to be well on their way to completion and so why can't trains to and from Charing Cross use platforms 7-9 and trains to and From Cannon Street use platforms 4-6? This would mean that Charing Cross and Cannon Street services would both have three tracks available to them which would allow all services to stop at London Bridge.

Thanks

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My understanding is that during the next phase, in which the Cannon Street lines are being reconfigured, the island platforms currently between 1 and 2, and 3 and 4, will be demolished. During this period the tracks past platforms 5 and 6 will be temporarily connected to the Cannon Street lines and platforms 7-9 made available for Charing Cross stopping services. If this is the case, track 4 will not be reinstated until the island platform is rebuilt and will become one of the up Cannon Street lines - note the realignment of this part of the station on page 93 of the report, showing an island platform between 2 and 3.

Roger