London Connections

There are lots of elements to the Thameslink Programme , but at its core is a proposal to untangle the lines outside London Bridge to get th...

The Thameslink Programme has three elements: Reconfiguring track and junctions so that more routes and more trains can run through the cent...

In recent months plans have emerged to improve the interchange at West Hampstead in conjunction with the upgrading of the Thameslink statio...

Network Rail have a press release announcing the awarding of contracts for initial works for the Thameslink Programme . They are: Farringdo...

The Department for Transport has posted an outline specification of the trains it wants to order for the Thameslink Programme , amounting t...

Network Rail have published their South London Route Utilisation Strategy , which propose forthcoming changes to services. There's a bew...

Lurking at the side of Herne Hill station there's actual new track being laid as part of the Thameslink 2000 project, possibly the first...

New London Architecture have an exhibition on at the moment about Underground London, and included in the brochure is this diagram of Farri...

I was in Borough yesterday and noticed this building, the Hop Exchange, immediately to the south of the existing Borough Market viaduct. As ...

All posts about Mitcham Eastfields I've neglected to mention Eastfields, a new station under construction in south London. Construction ...

The new fares leaflet is on tube station leaflet racks everywhere, though not yet online. It confirms the new National Rail route sections w...

This weekend saw the opening of two new London stations, and the closure of another after 134 years. The last ever train left King's Cro...

Just in time for the closure of King's Cross Thameslink and the opening of the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras this weekend, here is ...

Following the Thameslink funding decision last week, Network Rail have announced the first work to get the go ahead. A second viaduct will ...

As rumoured, the Thameslink Programme got funding today , which is the last hurdle before construction can commence. There was some suggesti...

Network Rail have published their strategic plans for the East Coast Main Line, which covers all services from King's Cross and Moorgat...

There's an archived webchat on the First Capital Connect site that provides some concrete information of what will happen if the Thames...

The Gatwick Express has been a thorny issue for a while. They take up an enormous amount of track capacity on one of London's busiest co...