Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, officially reopened the rebuilt London Bridge station on 9 May.
The Prince arrived at the station on a new Class 700 train, built by Siemens for the Thameslink route, where he met Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Network Rail Chief Executive Mark Carne. After descending into the new concourse the Prince met apprentices, project leaders and staff involved in the redevelopment.
A performance by children from the local primary school preluded the unveiling of a ceremonial ‘sleeper’ to mark the completion of the improved station.
The ceremony marked the culmination of the main physical infrastructure works on the Thameslink Programme, a partnership between the Department for Transport, Network Rail, operators Govia Thameslink Railway and Southeastern, and Siemens. The five-year project at London Bridge has created the largest street-level station concourse in the UK and has united the high and low level platforms at the station for the first time.
The redevelopment of London Bridge, including the surrounding track and signalling works, accounts for £1.7 billion of the £7 billion total spend on the Thameslink Programme. Costain has been the lead contractor for th…
