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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 ...
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]
Services at Sutton are operated by Southern and Thameslink using Class 377 and 700 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [8] 4 tph to London Victoria (2 run via Hackbridge and 2 run via Norbury) 2 tph to London Bridge (non-stop from Norwood Junction) 4 tph to St Albans City (2 of these run via Hackbridge and 2 run via Wimbledon)
Southern is the brand name used by the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train operating company on the Southern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in England. [2] It is a subsidiary of Govia , a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead and Keolis , and has operated the South Central franchise since August 2001 ...
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 West Hampstead Thameslink are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [8] 2 tph to Bedford (non-stop to and from St Albans City) 2 tph to Luton (all stations except Cricklewood and Hendon) 4 tph to St Albans City (all stations) 2 tph to Brighton via Gatwick Airport