Exploring Around The Bermondsey Dive-Under
As the post entitled Uncovering The Past On Thameslink showed, the railway lines around South Bermondsey station are complicated to say the least and at the moment they are more so due to the construction of the Bermondsey Dive-Under. This Google Earth image shows the main viaduct out of London Bridge as it goes south east.
Exploring Around The Bermondsey Dive-Under
The top left corner of the image shows the old Peek Frean biscuit factory and at the bottom right there is Millwall’s ground. I took these pictures as I walked around.
The arches are certainly a good example of Network Rail’s extensive collection of railway arches used for non-rail commercial pyrposes.
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[…] viaduct to connect the two lines would probably not be as difficult as the creation of the Bermondsey Dive Under, where space was at a premium and they wanted to thread a double up-and-down, through between […]
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I’m rather fascinated by the gloriously-named ‘Bermondsey dive-under’, only discovering it while researching how the new cycle quietway between Waterloo and Greenwich links up at the borough border at South Bermondsey Station and The Den football ground… This ‘Millwall Link’ has involved some tricky negotiation, I understand, but planning is now approved and work should start shortly. The plans are quite interesting, if you like that sort of thing! http://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_76431
Thanks for your blog!
Comment by Maedhros O'Cadhla | August 26, 2015 |
Many of the problems with our trains can be blamed on the sins and design horrors of the past. Usually, the errors are so far in the past, that all those responsible are long since dead.
I suspect that once the new dive-under is complete, it will last a thousand years,unless it gets demolished because it lies in the way of a better transport system.
Although, I must admit, I’ve thought about writing a play set in 2500, where politicians, planners and architects discuss how to re-use St. Pancras station
Comment by AnonW | August 26, 2015 |