In 2013 Network rail started rebuilding London Bridge. They hope to finish the station in 2018. The benefits of the station are going to be: a lighter and brighter station with more space; a lift or escalator access to every platform; new entrances on Tooley street and St Thomas' street. There will be fewer trains waiting outside the station waiting for a platform to clear. Also on some routes train services will be increased. This will affect the people who use the station. There has been quite a bit of disruption and there will be more. One time when I was there the wall between platform 9 and platform 8 was half knocked down. Last year Network rail opened Borough viaduct to trains which they started building in September 2010. At the moment platforms 8 to 15 have now reopened. Meanwhile platforms 1, 2 and 3 are now closed. Below: Class No. 171 721 has just arrived with a service from Uckfield. Below right: Borough viaduct. Above left: Ticket barriers at London Bridge. Network Rail have now opened two thirds of the new concourse which runs underneath the platforms. Below left: the steps and escalator leading to the new concourse which is in the distance at the bottom. Below right: the steps and escalators leading to the Southeastern platforms. Above; the Bermondsey dive under
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