London Bridge After 10th January 2015

Colin Price continues to record the changes at London Bridge.

On Sunday 11th January only the low level (terminal) platforms were open, which in addition to regular Southern services hosted SouthEastern services to Hastings via Redhill.

(above) 377158 is on the left in platform 12 before leading the 12:34 to Horsham and on the right 375810 and 375628 are in the newly reopened platform 10.

(below) A bit later 375810 and 375628 departing platform 10 with the 12:19 London Bridge to Hastings via Redhill. Note the 1970s footbridge can just been glimpsed in the background on the high level side. Although Hastings trains went via Redhill again the following Sunday it is not certain how long this end of the footbridge will survive as the section down to platform 8 was being knocked down on January 10th. It is suspected the part onto platforms 5&6 will follow soon as the only bit now open to the public is between platforms 1&2 and 3&4.

The remaining pictures were taken with the station in full swing on Thursday 16th January 2015. The status at this time was:

• Up Charing Cross trains through the Up Passenger Loop
• Down Charing Cross trains run through platform 4 (which is officially shut) then cross to line 5
• Down just outside London Bridge station.
• Platforms 5 and 6 have hoarding round part of the platform to allow work to carry on.
• Between London Bridge and New Cross the old lines 4 Down and 3 Up are out of use
• Up Cannon Street trains use 2 Reversible
• Down Cannon Street trains using 1 Down
• Platforms 1-3 are still in use at London Bridge
• There are assorted temporary buffer stops to stop trains running onto closed bits of line, while several sets of points are clipped up

(above) 465236 and 466035 passing through platform 5 with 12:39 Charing Cross - Gillingham.

(below) 466010, 465239 and 465163 arriving at London Bridge with 12:15 Slade Green - Cannon Street. The train is crossing from 2 reversible line to run into platform 3. To the right can be seen temporary stops on 4 down and 6 up. Down Charing Cross trains run through the point work between the two sets of stops to go down line 5 Down as witnessed by the middle train heading away, while an Up train approaches on the Up Passenger Loop on the right.

(above) 465013 and 465026 pass through on the Up Passenger loop with 12:02 Gravesend - Charing Cross. Note that the part of the footbridge that used to go to the Low Level side has already been dismantled in less than a week. However, following a further weekend's work (17th/18th January) that stub of the footbridge remained untouched.

(below) 375919 approaching with 11:31 Hastings - Charing Cross, the stops on platform 3 are partially visible behind the gantry on the left.

(above) Taken from New Cross looking towards London Bridge. 465151 and 465249 on 12:32 Gravesend - Charing Cross pass 465905 and 465911 on 13:06 Charing Cross - Sevenoaks. The temporary buffers stops are on the right, and in places lines 3 and 4 have been lifted between here and London Bridge.  

Sometime in mid-May lines 3 and 4 will reopen as the Down and Up Charing Cross lines which will enable closure of the fast lines where the two trains are above, and full scale construction of the Bermondsey dive under will begin up in the Spa Road area. In addition the Charing Cross lines will slew over at London Bridge to go through the existing platform 4 and 5 alignments, except the Borough Market end of platform 5 where it will go through the hoarded off section to join the up line over Borough Market.

Earlier aspects of the re-development of London Bridge Station:

• LONDON BRIDGE PRIOR TO 10TH JANUARY 2015
• EARLIER ASPECTS OF LONDON BRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT