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Map showing railway routes to be operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. The background map shows the coastline and major urban areas. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 25 August 2014: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Great Britain coastline and boundary data from Boundary-Line product.
Overhead electrification, completed in 1982, allowed the northern section to run as the Midland City Line from Bedford via the Midland Main Line to St Pancras, and via the City Widened Lines to Moorgate. [a] The Snow Hill tunnel was re-opened by British Rail to passenger trains after 72 years, with Thameslink beginning in May 1988. [14]
This is a route-map template for Thameslink, a UK railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Thameslink [1] was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Govia that operated the Thameslink franchise between March 1997 and March 2006. The franchise was originally due to end on 31 March 2004, however a two-year extension was awarded to Govia by the Strategic Rail Authority on 13 February 2004. [ 2 ]
Thameslink is a 68-station main-line route running 225 km (140 miles) north to south through London from Bedford to Brighton, serving both London Gatwick Airport and London Luton Airport, with a suburban loop serving Sutton, Mitcham and Wimbledon and on weekdays a suburban line via Catford and Bromley South to Sevenoaks.
Map of rail & tube lines passing through Brixton, showing the location of Loughborough Junction and the route of London Overground The South London line, seen from Loughborough Junction The South London line passes across the south end of Loughborough Junction station via a bridge but has never had platforms there.