55-424: Alne may refer to one of the following locations; Alne, North Yorkshire , England River Alne , Warwickshire, England Great Alne , Warwickshire Little Alne , Warwickshire See also [ edit ] William Alne , MP [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
110-525: A Methodist Chapel as well built in 1848. London Bridge railway station London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark , south-east London. It occupies a large area on three levels immediately south-east of London Bridge , from which it takes its name. The main line station is the oldest railway station in London fare zone 1 and one of
165-430: A station shouldn't be, That no idea minifies its crude And yet elaborate ineptitude. The South London Line from London Bridge to Victoria was electrified in 1909 with an experimental overhead system . It was successful and other suburban services were electrified including the line to Crystal Palace in 1912. Because of World War I , the line to Croydon was not electrified until 1920. The Railways Act 1921 led to
220-601: Is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire , England, about twelve miles north-west of York and four miles from Easingwold . The parish has a population of 711 (2001 census), increasing to 756 at the 2011 census. The village is named in the Domesday Book as part of the Bulford Hundred and owned by the church of St Peter, York. The name may be derived from
275-595: Is made up of four councillors. The village lies 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the A19 road and immediately north of the River Kyle . The village used to have a railway station on the East Coast Main Line that runs less than a mile to the east of the village. The soil contains some alluvium as well as sand and loam . The land to the east of the village is a good source of brick clay, and supports
330-711: The Big Four grouping in 1923. All of the railways of southern England combined to form the Southern Railway (SR), bringing the London Bridge complex under single ownership. The wall that divided the Chatham and Brighton stations was partially knocked through in 1928 to provide an easier interchange between stations. This allowed a greater range of platforms to be used for the increasingly frequent suburban rail services to London Bridge. Between 1926 and 1928
385-723: The Jubilee line and the Bank branch of the Northern line . River buses use the nearby London Bridge City Pier . London Bridge station was opened on 14 December 1836, making it the oldest London railway terminus that is still running. It was not the earliest station in the London metropolitan area, as the London and Greenwich Railway had opened stations at Spa Road (in Bermondsey) and Deptford on 8 February 1836. The completion of
440-544: The Latin word Alnus for Alder , as the village was surrounded by these trees. The name could also be derived from a river-name of the Alaunā type, derived from Brittonic al- , "bright, shining" ( Welsh alaw , "waterlily"). This may have been an alternative name for the River Kyle . The Parish used to include the nearby settlements of Tholthorpe, Aldwark, Flawith, Youlton and Tollerton, covering nearly 10,000 acres. To
495-521: The South Eastern Railway , thus becoming an important London terminus. It was rebuilt in 1849 and again in 1864 to provide more services and increase capacity. Local services from London Bridge began to be electrified in the beginning of the 20th century, and had spread to national routes by the 1930s. The station was extensively rebuilt by British Rail during the 1970s, along with a comprehensive re-signalling scheme and track alignment. It
550-601: The York Handmade Brick Company who have supplied specialist bricks to The Shard and London Bridge railway station. In the village there is Alne Cricket Club who play in the Nidderdale and District Amateur Cricket League. The local Tennis Club play in local leagues at the local Recreational Playing Fields. There is also a public house, the Blue Bell Inn , which was one of three inns in
605-450: The bell tower would never be built, and the new building would only last five years. In 1843 the SER and Croydon railway companies became increasingly concerned by the high tolls charged by the London and Greenwich Railway for the use of the station approaches, and gained Parliamentary approval to build their own independent line into south London to a new station at Bricklayers Arms , which
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#1732779955032660-542: The 1930s, a regular feature of London Bridge traffic was a glut of commuter services all departing at or shortly after 5:00 pm. A typical timetable included 12-car services to Brighton, Eastbourne and Littlehampton, all between 5:00 and 5:05. "The fives" continued to run until the mid-1970s. Both the London Bridge stations were badly damaged by bombing in the London Blitz in December 1940 and early 1941. The shell of
715-425: The 1950s and 1960s, with the final steam service running in 1964, when the line to Oxted and Uckfield was replaced by diesel / electric multiple units. The very last scheduled steam train was the 4.50am to Tonbridge via Redhill on 4 January 1964 hauled by an N class locomotive. By the early 1970s the station could no longer cope with the volume of traffic. Between 1972 and 1978, BR significantly redeveloped
770-585: The Bank branch of the Northern line . In 2023, it was the 6th busiest station on the network with 54.77 million users. It is the only station on the London Underground network with "London" in its name (while the NR termini are named, for instance, "London Waterloo" the Underground station is simply named "Waterloo"). There are two platforms on each line and two main sets of escalators to and from
825-533: The Croydon and Brighton companies, along with other small railways, merged to form the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR). Consequently, there were only two companies serving London Bridge. The LB&SCR used the unfinished joint station until it was demolished in 1849 and a larger building constructed. The SER took over the second London and Greenwich station (which had been built for
880-472: The Croydon railway to build their own independent station. The London and Brighton Railway and the South Eastern Railway (SER) were also planning routes from London to Brighton and Dover respectively, and the British Parliament decided that the London and Greenwich line should become the entry corridor into London from South East England. The two railways were therefore required to share
935-586: The London and Brighton Railway joined it on 12 July 1841, followed by the South Eastern Railway on 26 May 1842. It was soon found that the viaduct approaching London Bridge would be inadequate to deal with the traffic generated by four railways, so it was widened by the Greenwich Railway between 1840 and 1842, doubling the number of tracks to four. The new lines, intended for the Croydon, Brighton and South Eastern trains, were situated on
990-473: The London and Croydon Railway) and sought to develop that site rather than continue to invest in the former joint station, which became the property of the LB&;SCR. The SER station was therefore rebuilt and enlarged between 1847 and 1850, to a design by Samuel Beazley . At the same time yet further improvements were made to the station approaches, increasing the number of tracks to six, which entirely separated
1045-655: The Southern Railway electrified the SE&;CR suburban lines at London Bridge using a third rail system, adapting the existing LB&SCR routes to it at the same time. The first electric services ran on 25 March 1928 from London Bridge to Crystal Palace via Sydenham, followed by a peak hour service to Coulsdon North on 17 June. This was followed by electric services to Epsom Downs via West Croydon, Crystal Palace via Tulse Hill, and Streatham Hill, and to Dorking North and Effingham Junction via Mitcham on 3 March 1929. At
1100-472: The Thameslink core. Trains to London Cannon Street can also depart from platform 4 if necessary. The platforms are linked together by a large street-level concourse, offering a ticket office, retail facilities and waiting areas, with entrances on St Thomas Street and Tooley Street. In addition, an upper level entrance gives direct access to platforms 10–15. London Bridge is one of the busiest stations in
1155-504: The Thameslink lines at London Bridge were one of the few locations in the UK to use a digital signalling system. In October 2022 a rescued Victorian-era church pipe organ , nicknamed "Henry" , was installed on the station concourse. The organ is free for public use. The station's platform configuration is: All platforms are bi-directional, trains to London Charing Cross can run from platforms 3-9, as well as trains to London Blackfriars and
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#17327799550321210-462: The UK , with an estimated 63.1 million passenger entries/exits in 2019/20. However, as with other stations, patronage dropped dramatically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The estimated usage figure fell 78% in 2020/21 to 13.8 million, although it rose in the ranking by one place to the third busiest in the country, behind Stratford and Victoria , both also in London. Typical services from
1265-466: The company built four more platform-faces in an adjoining area to the south of its existing station to cope with additional traffic generated by the completion of the South London Line and other suburban lines to Victoria station . This had a single-span trussed-arch roof measuring 88 by 655 ft (27 by 200 m), and was designed by J. Hawkshaw and Banister. During the first decade of
1320-626: The first station and build a new one on its site. Plans for a large new station were drawn up, designed jointly by Lewis Cubitt , John Urpeth Rastrick and Henry Roberts . Drawings were published in the Illustrated London News and George Bradshaw 's Guide to the London and Brighton Railway 1844. They show 'a quasi-Italianate building with a picturesque campanile '. It opened for business in July 1844 while only partially complete, but events were taking place which would mean that
1375-454: The line into London Bridge was postponed because of delays in constructing a bridge at Bermondsey Street. From 10 October 1836, trains were able to operate as far as the east end of this bridge, with passengers having to walk the last 300 yards (270 m). The station has had several changes of ownership and complete rebuilds since opening. The original station had four tracks and was 60 feet (18 m) wide and 400 feet (120 m) long. It
1430-426: The lines of the two railways. Once these extensions were complete the SER closed its passenger terminus at Bricklayer's Arms and converted the site into a goods depot in 1852. London Bridge station remained the London terminus of the SER until 1864 when its station was again rebuilt. Five of the existing platforms were converted into a through station to enable the extension of the main line into central London and
1485-405: The north side of the station were also rebuilt. During the works, Charing Cross trains did not call at the station for most of 2015–16 as the platforms were rebuilt, followed by Cannon Street trains from 2016 to 2017. Thameslink services to/from the Thameslink core did not stop between 2015 and May 2018, when an all day service with significantly enhanced frequency began as the programme of works
1540-674: The north-east of the village used to be Alne Station opened in 1841, but was closed to passengers in 1958. Alne Hall in the Middle Ages was the country residence of the treasurers of St Peter's, York. The village is within the Thirsk & Malton parliamentary constituency. It is within the Tollerton ward of Hambleton Local Government District and the Easingwold electoral district of North Yorkshire County Council. The civil parish
1595-493: The oldest in the world having opened in 1836. It is one of two main line termini in London to the south of the River Thames (the other being Waterloo ) and is the fourth-busiest station in London, handling over 50 million passengers a year. The station was originally opened by the London and Greenwich Railway as a local service. It subsequently served the London and Croydon Railway , the London and Brighton Railway and
1650-616: The opening of Charing Cross railway station , and in 1866 to Cannon Street station . In 1899 the SER entered into a working amalgamation with the London Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR) to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee. Junctions were laid to enable trains through London Bridge to reach the LC&;DR stations at Holborn Viaduct and St Pauls . The LB&SCR took over
1705-565: The route of the London and Croydon Railway from near Norwood (which in turn shared the route of the London and Greenwich Railway from Bermondsey to London Bridge). As a result, the London and Croydon Railway obtained powers in the London and Croydon Railway (Southwark Station) Act 1838 ( 1 & 2 Vict. c. xx) to enlarge the station it was then constructing at London Bridge, before it had opened for traffic. The London and Croydon Railway opened its line and began using its station on 5 June 1839;
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1760-462: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alne&oldid=1127801329 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alne, North Yorkshire Alne
1815-482: The same that December. In 1991, a "Thameslink 2000" project was proposed that would improve services between London Bridge and the Great Northern lines. It was originally hoped the work would be complete by 1997. A £500 million refurbishment programme was announced by Railtrack in 1999, which would have seen the station complex rotated by 90 degrees, and large amount of shopping space added. The station
1870-650: The same time as electrification, the SR installed colour light signalling . The Southern Railway electrified the Brighton Main Line services to Brighton and the South Coast, providing a full service to Three Bridges on 17 July 1932. This was followed by a full electric service to Brighton and West Worthing on 1 January 1933, followed by services to Seaford , Eastbourne and Hastings on 7 July 1935 and to Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 3 July 1938. By
1925-479: The south on St Thomas Street, and to the north, on Tooley Street. This required demolishing the 1893 SER office building. The refurbished station was officially opened by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on 9 May 2018. The total estimated value of the project was around £1 billion. In July 2019, the refurbished station made the shortlist for the Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture. In 2020
1980-462: The south side of the existing Greenwich line, whereas their station was to the north of the London Bridge site, leading to an awkward and potentially dangerous crossing of one another's lines. The directors of the companies involved decided to exchange sites; the London and Greenwich Railway would take over the newly completed London and Croydon Railway station, whilst a new joint committee of the Croydon, Brighton and South Eastern companies would demolish
2035-467: The station and its approaches. This included a £21 million re-signalling scheme that consolidated 16 signal boxes into a new London Bridge Area Signalling Centre and a new station concourse designed by N. D. T. Wikeley, regional architect for the Southern Region. This was opened 14 December 1978. New awnings were added over the former SER platforms, but the arched Brighton roof was left. It
2090-418: The station are: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The Underground station is between Southwark and Bermondsey on the Jubilee line , and between Borough and Bank on
2145-403: The station in 2018. The main line station is one of 19 UK stations managed by Network Rail . It has a ticket hall and entrance area with its main frontage on Tooley Street , and other entrances on Borough High Street and within the main line station concourse. It is one of two mainline London termini south of the River Thames , the other is Waterloo . The London Underground station is on
2200-435: The total population, 497 are aged 16 or over of which 316 were in employment. In the 2011 census, the population was 756 in 272 dwellings. The village has one school, Alne County Primary School, for pupils aged 4 to 11. Pupils receive their secondary education at Easingwold School. St Mary's Church, Alne , is a Grade I listed building that has been extensively rebuilt from its original Norman structure. There used to be
2255-573: The train shed, the London and Greenwich Railway entered into an agreement with the proposed London and Croydon Railway for the latter to use its tracks from Corbett's Lane, Bermondsey, and to share its station. However, the Greenwich railway had underestimated the cost of building the long viaduct leading to London Bridge and was not able to build a sufficiently large station for the traffic for both companies, and so in July 1836 it sold some land adjacent to its station (then still under construction) to
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2310-467: The twentieth century LB&SCR station at London Bridge was again enlarged, but overall London Bridge station remained a "sprawling confusion". The chaotic nature of the station at the turn of the century was described in John Davidson 's poem, "London Bridge": Inside the station, everything's so old, So inconvenient, of such manifold Perplexity, and, as a mole might see, So strictly what
2365-434: The two stations was patched up but the former Terminus Hotel, then used as railway offices, was rendered unsafe and demolished. British Railways (BR) took over responsibility for the station in 1948 following nationalisation of the railways. They did not consider London Bridge a priority at first, and the war-torn damage of the station remained into the 1960s. Electrification of the lines into London Bridge continued during
2420-512: The unfinished joint station, which they demolished in 1849 and opened a temporary station in 1850. This was rebuilt and enlarged in 1853–4 to deal with the additional traffic from the lines to Sydenham and Crystal Palace . A three-storey box-like structure in Italian style was erected, with the name of the railway emblazoned on the top parapet. In 1859 the LC&DR applied to the LB&SCR for running powers from Sydenham to London Bridge, but
2475-568: The village in the 1820s. The village is home to two Nursing and Care homes, Oak Trees and Leonard Cheshire. The village also hosts an annual street fayre, which has been mentioned in The Times top 20 days out, that raises funds for the maintenance and improvement of the Alne recreation and sports park. The 2001 census showed that the population of the parish was 711 in 249 households. Of those dwellings, 159 are detached and 215 owner occupied. Of
2530-542: Was also demolished, replaced by an interchange concourse underneath the platforms accessed by lift, stairs and escalator. This required the demolition of brick vaults between Stainer and Weston Streets, which were pedestrianised and became part of the new concourse. A wider route was created through the Western Arcade to Joiner Street and the underground station by relocating existing shops in to renovated barrel vaults. Two major new street level entrances were opened to
2585-521: Was approached through a pair of iron gates. Three tracks led into two platforms as a stub end of a viaduct. The station was entirely exposed to the weather until a tarred canvas roof was erected in 1840. Sixteen columns and fourteen beams from this structure were retrieved in 2013 and given to the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth , Wales for use in a planned railway museum. Before completing
2640-410: Was completed. As part of the rebuilding works, the listed northern wall of the terminus train-shed was demolished and replaced with a new retaining wall, and the listed bays of the roof over the terminating platforms were dismantled and stored. Each of the rebuilt platforms has its own full length platform canopy. The footbridge dating from the 1970s that linked platforms for passenger interchange
2695-399: Was comprehensively redeveloped between 2009 and 2017 with the rebuilding of all platforms, the addition of two major new street-level entrances, and changes to passenger concourses and retail facilities. The Shard opened next to the station in 2012. It included a new entrance and roof for the terminal level concourse, and a larger bus station was constructed in front of the building. This
2750-720: Was described by The Oxford companion to British Railway History as "one of the best modern station reconstructions in Britain". Patronage to London Bridge tailed off from a peak in the early 1970s. The station remained popular for through routes to the City and the West End, but the number of terminal trains declined significantly by the early 1980s. The bridge over the station's north end became Grade II listed in January 1988, while Platforms 9–16 (the former LB&SCR side) became listed
2805-451: Was designed by Henry Currey , architect for St Thomas's Hospital , and had 150 public rooms over seven stories. It was unsuccessful because it was on the south bank of the river, so was turned into offices for the railway in 1893. It was destroyed by bombing in 1941. An act of Parliament of 1862 gave the LB&SCR power to enlarge the station further. Over the next few years under the direction of new Chief Engineer Frederick Banister ,
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#17327799550322860-646: Was followed by a major transformation programme known as Masterplan , linked to the Thameslink programme . Work began in 2012 with the terminal platforms adjacent to St Thomas Street , reducing the number from nine to six and extending them to accommodate longer 12-car trains. Through platforms were increased from six to nine, all of which catered for 12-car trains. In the redeveloped station, Charing Cross services were assigned four new dedicated platforms (6, 7, 8 and 9), and Thameslink services to platforms 4 and 5. The existing platforms for Cannon Street services on
2915-705: Was further redeveloped in the 2010s to better accommodate the Thameslink route which provides a connection to Gatwick Airport , Luton Airport and Crossrail . London Bridge is served by Southeastern services from Charing Cross and Cannon Street to destinations in southeast London, Kent and East Sussex and is a terminus for many Southern commuter and regional services to south London and numerous destinations in South East England. Thameslink services from Bedford, Cambridge and Peterborough to Brighton and other destinations in Sussex and Kent began serving
2970-475: Was refused. However, some ticketing arrangement was made between the two companies as the LC&DR advertised connections to and from London Bridge in its timetables in The Times and Bradshaw's Railway Guide for July 1861. This arrangement was short-lived pending the construction of the LC&DR line to Holborn Viaduct . The LB&SCR also built the Terminus Hotel at the station in 1861. It
3025-399: Was vaguely described as a "West End terminus". This line opened on 1 May 1844 and most of the services from these two companies were withdrawn from London Bridge, leaving only the Greenwich and Brighton companies using London Bridge station. The Greenwich company was on the brink of bankruptcy and so was forced to lease its lines to the SER, which took effect from 1 January 1845. The next year
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