Thameslink Programme Construction
Thameslink Programme (or Thameslink 2000 as it was called!) is one of those rail construction projects that everybody says is very good and yet it has been delayed for years.
I can remember walking to a client around Borough High Street some years ago and there were lots of posters up saying that they didn’t want it. Did they delay it? Probably not, but the Treasury likes any reason for delay as that means they don’t have to spend the money.
But at least now you can see that construction has started.
Blackfriars Station Under Construction
As we passed under the bridge, you can get a view of the remains of the second of the two railway bridges at Blackfriars. It is the older of the two bridges having been built in 1864 and there is still a lovely crest on the South Bank of the Thames.
The Old Blackfriars Railway Bridge
The redundant pillars left when the bridge was demolished in 1985 are to be used to support part of the new Blackfriars station that will be over the river. There will also be a station entrance on the South Bank.
You can read more about the Thameslink Programme at the official site.
It looks like it will be worth all the money they are spending.
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