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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5AT
2/11/2016 12:35:41
Network rail are very busy at the moment aren't they! I really enjoy your website. What is the fastest British trains can run? Are there any plans to increase this limit? What are the newest British locomotives?
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Pedr ap Pedr
8/11/2016 14:47:27
Thank you. Yes, Network rail are very busy. They usually have several projects on all at once. At the moment the fastest British trains are the Javelins which run between London and Kent. They can travel at speeds up to 140mph. Mean while there are plans to build a second high speed railway which will run between London and Birmingham. The speed of the trains are to be up to 250mph. The newest one I know of is a Class 66 which was delivered to the UK earlier this year. Its the last of that class to be built and its name is Evening Star. The Class no. is 66779.
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