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All services at Harlington are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [11] 4 tph to Bedford; 2 tph to Brighton; 2 tph to Three Bridges via Redhill; During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services to and from Rainham, Sutton and East Grinstead.
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.
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 ]
The railway junctions at Blackfriars and Snow Hill in 1914. The original Thameslink rail network was created by joining the electrified network south of the Thames with the then recently electrified line between Bedford and St Pancras to the north via the Snow Hill tunnel, allowing passengers to travel between stations to the north and south of London, including Bedford, Luton Airport, Gatwick ...
A 1.7 ha (4.2-acre) site 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of Three Bridges station was selected, located in the "fork" between the Arun Valley Line and Brighton Main Line the centre was located east of a DB Schenker rail depot, and east of depot facilities for the Thameslink rolling stock programme trains, which was under planning development at the same
On 26 May 2011 at 18:27, passengers were trapped on a failed Class 377 train between St Pancras International (Low Level) and Kentish Town stations, forming the 16:30 Brighton to Bedford service. Another train of the same type was sent to assist the failed train, and was eventually coupled to it at 20:20 but by this time passengers had used the ...
The station is served by five trains to London Blackfriars in the morning peak and two trains to Beckenham Junction in the evening peak. A small number of late evening Thameslink services are extended beyond St Albans City to Bedford. On Sundays, there are also direct services beyond St Albans City to Luton.
All services at Haydons Road are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [2] 2 tph to St Albans City; 2 tph to Sutton via Wimbledon; A small number of late evening services are extended beyond St Albans City to Bedford and daytime services on Sundays are extended to Luton.