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London Bridge
Location
Place	London Bridge
Local authority	Southwark
Operations
Managed by	Network Rail
Platforms in use	15
National Rail
Station code	LBG
Annual entry/exit	37.020 million **
Transport for London
Zone	1
History
Key dates	Opened 1836
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF)
UK Railways Portal

London Bridge station is a National Rail and London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark, which occupies a large area on two levels immediately south-east of London Bridge and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) east of Charing Cross. It is one of the oldest railway stations in the world and is the fourth busiest rail terminal in London.

The main-line station is one of 18 railway stations managed by Network Rail and is a major transport terminus and interchange for central London. It serves over 42 million people a year.

The tube station serves the Jubilee and Northern lines and consists of a ticket hall and entrance area with its main frontage on Tooley Street.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 1. London Bridge is one of three rail termini in London not to have either a direct connection to, or within easy walking distance of, the Circle Line, the others being Marylebone and Waterloo.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Chronology 1.2 Station design 2 National Rail 3 Future Expansion 4 London Underground 5 River Service/London Bridge City Pier 6 Railway incidents 7 Other nearby stations 7.1 Railway 7.2 London Underground 8 References 9 External links

London Bridge is the oldest railway station in London and opened in 1838. The current station originated as two separate stations, which is why it has both through and terminal platforms.

• Opened as Tooley Street by the London and Greenwich Railway on 14 December 1836.
• The London and Croydon Railway joined it on 5 June 1839.
• The joint station opened in July 1844 and was demolished in 1850.
• Due to the high tolls charged by the London & Greenwich, the South Eastern Railway along with the London & Croydon initially built a new terminus at Bricklayers Arms in 1844 which they used until 1852.
• The SER and LBSCR stations opened on 3 January 1851.
• The LBSCR station was demolished and rebuilt in 1853, extended in 1866.
• The Terminus hotel opened in 1861, turned into offices for the LBSCR in 1892, demolished in 1941.
• The original London and Greenwich platforms were demolished and new high-level through platforms opened 11 January 1864.
• The station was unified by the Southern Railway in 1925.
• British Rail undertook large-scale rebuilding, and a new station opened on 15 September 1978.

• The 1839 London and Croydon Railway station had a wooden trussed pitched roof, 56 ft by 212 ft.
• The 1866 LBSCR station had a single-span trussed-arch roof measuring 88 ft by 655 ft, and was designed by J. Hawkshaw and F. D. Banister.
• The 1978 redevelopment was undertaken by N. D. T. Wikeley, regional architect for British Rail Southern.

The through platforms, 1-6, are to the north of the station and are served by trains originating or terminating at Cannon Street and Charing Cross, mostly Southeastern suburban services to south-east London and Kent. They are also served by First Capital Connect services connecting Bedford and Luton with Brighton.

The terminal platforms, 8-16, are to the south of the station and are mostly served by Southern services to south London and the south coast.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Blackfriars		First Capital Connect Thameslink		East Croydon
London Cannon Street or Waterloo East		Southeastern Greenwich Line		Deptford
		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line		New Cross
Terminus		Southeastern London Bridge to Tunbridge Wells via East Croydon and Redhill		Norwood Junction
Terminus		Southern Brighton Main Line		New Cross Gate
Waterloo East		Southern Caterham Line/Tattenham Corner Line
Terminus		Southern South London Line (Inner)		South Bermondsey

London Bridge is due to get a major revamp to enable it to accommodate the Thameslink Programme, increasing its through platforms from six to nine. Current space restrictions mean that many options have been investigated, even creating a two-level concourse similar to Waterloo.

The plan is to now reduce the number of terminating platforms from nine to six. There is no completion date set, with construction work billed to begin in 2007.

Shard London Bridge, which, if built, may be the tallest skyscraper in Western Europe, is planned to be constructed by the southwest corner of the station, near the bus station.

London Bridge
Location
Place	The Borough
Local authority	Southwark
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	4
Transport for London
Zone	1
Annual entry/exit	44.362 million †
History
1900 7 October 1999	Opened by C&SLR Jubilee Line started
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

The Underground station is between Borough and Bank on the Northern Line, and between Southwark and Bermondsey on the Jubilee Line. The station is the sixth busiest on the Underground network.

The Northern Line station opened on 25 February 1900 as part of the City & South London Railway's (C&SLR's) revised route from Borough to Bank and Moorgate. Originally trains ran to a terminus at King William Street bypassing London Bridge, but the construction of a new station at Bank to provide greater capacity and allow northward extension required a new tunnel alignment, and provided the opportunity for a station at London Bridge. The original station entrance was on the corner of London Bridge Street and Station Approach, but has since been moved to Borough High Street and Tooley Street. The Northern Line platforms were rebuilt during the late 1990s to increase the platform and circulation areas in preparation for the opening of the Jubilee Line.

The Jubilee Line station opened on 7 October 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension, although trains had been running through non-stop from the previous month. To enable the Jubilee Line to be constructed, months of major engineering works to relocate buried services in the surrounding streets had to be undertaken. A new ticket hall was created in the arches under the main-line station, providing improved interchange. During excavations a variety of Roman remains was found, including pottery and fragments of mosaics; some of these are now on display in the station.

There are two platforms on each line and two main sets of escalators to and from the Tooley Street ticket hall. All four platforms are directly accessible from the Borough High Street entrance/exit.

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Southwark towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		Bermondsey towards Stratford
Borough towards Morden		Northern line		Bank towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet

London Bridge City Pier on the river Thames is slightly north of the station. It is served by Thames Clipper river boat services to Docklands and Greenwich in the east, and the Savoy Hotel to the west.

Preceding station		London River Services		Following station
Bankside Pier toward Savoy Pier		Commuter Service		St Katharine Docks toward Royal Arsenal

Although no recorded accidents have occurred at London Bridge, the Spa Road Junction rail crash occurred a short distance outside the station.

• Cannon Street
• Blackfriars
• Waterloo
• Elephant & Castle

• Borough
• Monument
• Southwark
• Elephant & Castle
• Bermondsey

• Ransom, P. J. G. (1990). The Victorian Railway and How It Evolved. Heinemann. 
• Simmons, J. (1995). The Victorian Railways. Thames and Hudson. 

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Underground Station in 1915
  • Underground Station in 1929
• Station information on London Bridge station from Network Rail

• Train times and station information for London Bridge station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of London Bridge station from Multimap.com

 

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Coordinates: 51°30′18″N, 0°05′10″W