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Thameslink is a mainline route on the British railway network, running from Bedford, Luton, St Albans City, Peterborough, Welwyn Garden City, London Blackfriars and Cambridge via central London to Sutton, Orpington, Sevenoaks, Rainham, Horsham, Three Bridges, Brighton and East Grinstead. The network opened as a through service in 1988, with ...
Originally named St. Paul's Thameslink, it was renamed City Thameslink the following year to avoid confusion with the nearby St Paul's tube station on the Central line (note that out-of-station interchange discount does not apply for changing between these two stations). The station was refurbished in 2010–11 to increase capacity, and the ...
The Thameslink Programme, originally Thameslink 2000, was a £6 billion project in south-east England to upgrade and expand the Thameslink rail network to provide new and longer trains between a wider range of stations to the north and to the south of London. The development facilitated new cross-London journeys, which means that passengers no ...
All services at St Helier are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [3] 2 tph to St Albans City; 2 tph to Sutton; A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to Bedford, and daytime services on Sundays are extended to Luton.
The station is run by Thameslink, with Transport for London handling the underground platforms. [13] A Thameslink driver depot is in the station building. [14] The adjacent Blackfriars Millennium Pier provides river services to Putney and Canary Wharf. [15] London Buses routes 4, 40, 63 and night routes N63 and N89 serve the station. [16] [17]
West Hampstead Thameslink railway station is the oldest of the three stations, but acquired its name when the Thameslink route was established in 1988. Earlier names included West End, West End and Brondesbury, West Hampstead and until 1988, West Hampstead Midland.
Thameslink runs services from St Albans, via Blackfriars round the loop. Clockwise services are described as "Sutton via Mitcham Junction" and anti-clockwise as "Sutton via Wimbledon". Occasionally, during service disruption or when the core section of the Thameslink route is closed, Sutton Loop services start and end at London Blackfriars.
All services at Brent Cross West are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [20] 4 tph to St Albans City (all stations) 2 tph to Luton (all stations except Hendon) 2 tph to Rainham via Dartford; 4 tph to Sutton (2 of these run via Mitcham Junction and 2 run via Wimbledon)