Under its own steam

摘要

Over the past three years, Blackfriars station has been the subject of a massive ￡550m rebuilding scheme, a key component in Network Rail's ￡5.5bn Thameslink upgrade programme. The most ambitious element of the project is the extension of its concourse over the full length of Blackfriars railway bridge, a proposal that has required widening and significant engineering modifications to the 1886 Victorian structure. It has also resulted in two key historical milestones: the new station entrance at the southern end of the bridge is the first on London's South Bank in 120 years and the bridge itself is London's first inhabited Thames crossing since the dismantling of old London Bridge in 1756.