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Bridge Station Redevelopment

Project Background Station Redevelopment The iconic London Bridge is the fourth busiest station in the country,

bringing around 56 million passengers into the city each year. The Client station – the oldest rail terminus in London - is an integral part of the UK £7 billion railway through the heart of London. We’ve made Location excellent progress elsewhere along the route rebuilding stations at London, UK Farringdon and Blackfriars, and implementing a new signalling system

to enable 24 trains per hour to carry passengers through central London. Start Date 2012 We’re transforming London Bridge station. We’re creating new platforms

to accommodate more and longer trains, building a new concourse, End Date creating a bigger and better station for passengers and reconstructing 2018 the track layout and signalling to increase capacity. The changes we Duration are making will allow us to introduce more Thameslink trains every 70 months day – up to 18 trains an hour through London Bridge – offering better connections than ever before. Contract Value £700m

Services Provided Layout & signalling performance, programme management, retail & commercial, signalling, train control & telecoms, station redevelopment & renewal, track/permanent way

For more information please visit www.networkrailconsulting.com Scope of Works Key Project Outputs The goal of the project is to increase We’ll increase passenger capacity by new entrances on passenger capacity at and through the around two thirds and increase the and St Thomas Street will improve station, as part of the wider Thameslink number of tracks through the station, integration with local bike, foot, and Programme. increasing rail capacity. bus routes

The project comprises adding Key achievements include: lifts and escalators will offer platforms, increasing the concourse passengers step-free access to every next to the new Shard landmark, the area, re-configuring track layouts, platform new station concourse will be 70m implementing a new signalling system by 150m – bigger than the pitch at new shops, restaurants, and other and improving access and interchange. Wembley facilities will complement the ongoing regeneration of the local by reconfiguring the track, in the area future there will be nine ‘through’ platforms and six terminating increased track and signalling platforms – substantially increasing capacity to accommodate 18 trains capacity per hour.

the London Bridge Quarter While we transform the station, we are development has funded a new working hard to minimise disruption so bus station and delivered a new rail that it remains open for the millions of concourse, which are currently being people who use it every day. built; our plans expand on these improvements

For more information please visit www.networkrailconsulting.com