Bermondsey Dive-Under – 5th June 2016
These pictures were taken ass I came into London Bridge today.
If you compare these pictures with those in Bermondsey Dive-Under – 10th April 2016, there would appear to have been a lot of progress.
It really is becoming an impressive structure, blending the best examples of brick, concrete and steel from the best part of two centuries.
The Millwall Path
This path wasn’t here, the last time I walked this way. So I had to explore.
It eventually led to South Bermondsey station.
I think that this could become a popular walking route, as it links up to the path I took from Surrey Quays station, that goes to the still-to-br-built New Bermondsey station and on to Queens Road Peckham station.
It would appear that there is the possibility of opening another path through the arches close to the Millwall Path.
This would probably.
- Give good walking and cycling access between the development between the railway lines of the dive-under and South Bermondsey station.
- Open up more uses for the land between and the buildings under the dive-under.
- Create a direct walking route between the Surrey Quays area and Millwall Football Ground.
I think the whole area could make a very good designer shopping outlet or perhaps a high-technology or design cluster, as there are stations at each of the three corners of the site.
It is certainly a site with possibilities!
Walking Beneath The Dive-Under
I took these pictures, as I walked along the path beside the London Overground between Surrey Quays station and Millwall Football Ground.
The path is crossed by the massive arches and viaducts of the various tracks that form the Bermondsey Dive-Under.
If you look at A Tribute To Victorian Engineering, it shows the structure from a train on the last viaduct I walked under.
I was talking to a lorry driver, who was probably on standby with a powerful road-sweeper, in case the road got covered in mud. He said it was impressive from inside and that it looks like they are creating a lot of small business units.
He also speculated, that there might be cafes and some retail.
But whatever happens, it looks like London is getting an impressive railway structure, to rival some of the best in the world.
A Tribute To Victorian Engineering
These pictures of the Berrmondsey Dive-Under, were taken from a train going between London Bridge and East Croydon stations and eventually on to Uckfield.
I think we are seeing the creation of a piece of superb railway engineering, that although the Victorians did brick arches and interwoven viaducts all the time, creating them now is all too rare.
It doesn’t appear to be a simple struct. But then Wikipedia says this about it.
With the completion of Borough Market Viaduct to the west of London Bridge, Thameslink trains will use the pair of tracks to the north, and Charing Cross trains will use the new pair of tracks to the south. At present, northbound Thameslink trains arrive into London Bridge to the south of the Kent lines. Construction work will be undertaken to the east of London Bridge so that Thameslink trains from the Brighton Main Line can use a grade-separated crossover to avoid impeding trains from Kent bound for Charing Cross.
Services to Charing Cross on the Kent lines will be diverted slightly south in the vicinity of Trundleys Road onto the route of the former branch line to Bricklayers’ Arms. They will then slope up alongside the Brighton Main Line just north of South Bermondsey station. Thameslink trains in both directions will cross over the Kent lines on a new bridge, meeting the existing alignment just north of Jarrow Road.
Simple it isn’t!
I am pleased to see that it looks like they are building some new arches under the lines. Look at the last four pictures!
Bermondsey Dive-Under – 10th April 2016
The Bermondsey Dive-Under is coming on and it’s looking to be a very substantial construction.
If you want to see it, take a train from New Cross Gate station to London Bridge station and it’ll be on the right of the train, just after you pass SELCHP.
The map from carto.metro.free.fr shows the lines in the area.
The BermondseyDive-Under
Note the dive-under is all the dotted lines between South Bermondsey and Southwark Park stations.
More Pictures Of The Bermondsey Dive-Under
I took these pictures from the other track of the Bermondsey Dive-Under.
I think they are better than those I posted under Works Around The Bermondsey Dive-Under.
Works Around The Bermondsey Dive-Under
I took these pictures as I came into London Bridge on a train from Caterham.
It would appear the Bermondsey Dive-Under is coming together.
The Bermondsey Dive-Under
For some time I’ve been looking for a good article about the Bermondsey dive-under. This article on Ramboll’s web site is a good one. But then I think it was written by one of the designers of the scheme that is currently being built.
Walking Between Surrey Quays And Queen’s Road Peckham Stations
My walk this morning was between Surrey Quay station and Queen’s Road Peckham station along the South London Line.
I wanted to look at progress on the Bermondsey dive-under and also the New Bermondsey station site.
Nothing was happening at the station site and this Network Rail video makes a bit of sense of the work at the dive-under.
I would appear that the long concrete ramp has now been completed and there has been some demolition of the brick viaducts in the site.
From New Cross To London Bridge
I took a train from New Cross to London Bridge to see if I could get any pictures of the Bermondsey dive-user works.
One think that is noticeable from the pictures, is the amount of space there is for the lines into London Bridge. At the present Thameslink isn’t running and it would appear there are two ready-ballasted tracks between the junction to New Cross Gate and London Bridge.
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