THE THAMESLINK PROGRAMME PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY: Matthew Lodge Deputy Director, Thameslink, Department for Transport Simon Blanchflower Project Director, Thameslink, Railway Division Network Rail Lecture Iain Smith Programme Director, Thameslink, 24 November 2014 Siemens One Birdcage Walk, London Keith Wallace Head of Programmes, GTR www.imeche.org/events/L6192 THE THAMESLINK PROGRAMME PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES MATTHEW LODGE THIS LECTURE WILL COVER Deputy Director, THE CURRENT STATUS Thameslink, OF THE WORK AND LOOK Department for AHEAD TO WHAT WILL BE Transport DELIVERED TO ENABLE THE FINAL PROGRAMME OUTPUTS IN 2018. SIMON BLANCHFLOWER The £4.5bn Network Rail Thameslink Project Director, Infrastructure Programme is a key Thameslink, component of the overall £6.5bn Network Rail Thameslink Programme. Work on key output 1 finished in 2012 with the opening of the upgraded stations at Farringdon and Blackfriars and the IAIN SMITH introduction of 12 car trains on the Programme Director, Bedford to Brighton route. Thameslink, Siemens The focus is now on London Bridge: re-building the station, re-configuring track and signalling to provide additional capacity with a segregated route for Thameslink. This is supplemented by KEITH WALLACE power supply upgrades, fit-out of the Head of Programmes, canal tunnels that link the area with GTR the East Coast Main Line and the deployment of ETCS and ATO for the core area. THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL OTHER EVENTS TO LOOK FOR: 24 NOVEMBER 2014 One Birdcage Walk, London. SW1H 9JJ 26 November 2014 Registration with refreshments will London take place from 17.15. INTEROPERABILITY: SAFER, CHEAPER, EASIER The lecture will begin at 18.00 and www.imeche.org/events/S1830 conclude at approximately 19.30. To register visit: 9 December 2014 www.imeche.org/events/L6192 London YOUNG MEMBERS CHRISTMAS For further information call LECTURE +44 (0)20 7973 1258 or email: www.imeche.org/events/L362 eventenquiries@imeche.org Improving the world through engineering.