Holborn viaduct 1985 An illustration of Ludgate Hill from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872.

A mass of people are depicted, making their way up and down Ludgate Hill, between Fleet Street and St. Paul's, and various means of transport are illustrated, such as a train, Hansom cab, handcarts, waggons, omnibuses, and even a hearse. Other people are walking but have been blocked by a flock of sheep.

Holborn viaduct and Ludgate Hill demolished

Snow Hill tunnel continued at low level under Ludgate Hill

City built in tunnel with entry from Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct Thameslink trains soon became very popular and overcrowded THAMESLINK 2000 (!)

Following the success of the original scheme, plans were drawn up to upgrade the network to cope with the increasing passenger numbers that have led to severe peak-time overcrowding. obtained planning permission and legal powers in 2006, funding was secured in July 2007 and construction began in October 2007. Metro level of service: 24 trains an hour each way •Rebuilding the station buildings at Farringdon (in conjunction with the project) and West Hampstead Thameslink, •Total rebuild of London Bridge and Blackfriars stations, •Two new underground platforms at St Pancras International, •A new tunnel north of St Pancras International to the East Coast Main Line to allow through services to Peterborough and Cambridge •Two extra tracks on a viaduct between borough market and London Bridge • a dive under at Bermonsey to allow Thameslink trains onto the Brighton line. •A new 8 and 12 carriage fleet of Class 700 trains began entering service in 2016 and platform lengthening,. THAMESLINK PROGRAMME

Following the success of the original scheme, plans were drawn up to upgrade the network to cope with the increasing passenger numbers that have led to severe peak-time overcrowding. Network Rail obtained planning permission and legal powers in 2006, funding was secured in July 2007[12] and construction began in October 2007. Metro level of service: 24 trains an hour each way •Two new underground platforms at St Pancras International, 2007 •A new tunnel north of St Pancras International to the East Coast Main Line to allow through services to Peterborough and Cambridge 2007 •Two extra tracks on a viaduct between Borough Market and London Bridge •Rebuilding the station buildings at Farringdon (in conjunction with the Crossrail project) and West Hampstead Thameslink, 2017 •Total rebuild of London Bridge 2018 and Blackfriars 2014 stations, •A new 8 and 12 carriage fleet of Class 700 trains began entering service in 2016 and platform lengthening. 2017 2007 New station and tunnels at St Pancras 2017 Enlarged station and cross rail interchange at Farringdon 2017 Enlarged station and cross rail interchange at Farringdon 2017 Enlarged station and cross rail interchange at Farringdon the new

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS FOR THAMESLINK PROGRAMME

1 Line enters Blackfriars on west but leaves on east so crosses the 1 terminating lines 2 The Thameslink route decrease to a single line for both directions near Borough Market

3 Tracks and platforms at London Bridge shared with Charing Cross and Canon Street trains

2 3 CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT FOR THAMESLINK PROGRAMME

1 Line crosses from West to East when it enters the station; station 1 extended across the river 2 New double tracked viaduct built over Borough Market and on to allows Thameslink exclusive use of two tracks

3 Three new through platforms at London Bridge.

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• Borough Market Viaduct • Launched over Borough High Street during a bank holiday weekend in spring 2011 • Brought into use in January 2016 • Reduces delays out of London Bridge station • London Bridge station has been substantially rebuilt for the Thameslink Programme London Bridge Station is the oldest railway station in London 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. • Southeastern trains to/from Cannon Street and southeast London and Kent. • Thameslink trains between the Brighton main line and the Thameslink core via Blackfriars. • Southeastern trains to/from Charing Cross to southeast London, Kent and East Sussex. • Southern services toward south London and the south coast. • (city Branch) • Jubilee line 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 (1907)