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South London Line issues [was: ELL Stock in Place]
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message rth.li... On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Mizter T wrote: (1) London Bridge won't have space to accommodate [the SLL service] as it'll have fewer terminating platforms as a result of the station's redevelopment for the Thameslink Programme and won't have the capacity to accommodate the SLL service - AIUI much of this redevelopment will happen in tandem with the construction of the Shard skyscraper, because the developers have to cough up x amount of money to contribute towards the redevelopment of LB station. (My understanding is that the space currently occupied by platforms 14-16 will become part of the Shard development around the base of the tower.) Huh. Is there somewhere i can read more about this? Will more platforms be added to replace them? How? London Bridge currently has 15 platforms and a through line 3 platforms on Cannon Street lines 3 platforms and a through line for Charing Cross and Thameslink trains 9 terminal platforms for Southern. Until the 1970s the through line did not exist, but there were 15 terminal platforms. Some were lost in creating the through line, and, IIRC later in extending the through platforms for 12 car trains, and others were lost in providing space for the new signalbox. The Thameslink proposals are for 9 through platforms and 6 terminal platforms 3 platforms for Cannon Street trains 2 platforms for Thameslink 4 platforms for Charing Cross trains Some trains which currently use the terminal platforms will run via Thameslink. AIUI it's not yet clear how much of the layout will be available during the construction period. Peter |
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