Thameslink
Thameslink is a route in the British railway system. It has 68 stations. It is 225 km (140 mi) long. It runs north to south through London from Bedford to Brighton. It goes to London Gatwick Airport and London Luton Airport. It has a suburban loop that goes to Sutton and Wimbledon. On weekdays a suburban line goes through Catford and Bromley South to Sevenoaks. It opened as a through service in 1988. By 1998, it was very overcrowded, carrying more than 28,000 passengers in the morning peak. Almost all the services are currently operated by Thameslink.
| Thameslink | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Commuter rail, Suburban rail |
| System | National Rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | East of England Greater London South East England |
| Termini | Bedford/Luton/St Albans Brighton/Sutton/Sevenoaks Cambridge |
| Stations | 68 (additional stations at peaks) |
| Services | 5 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Operator(s) | Thameslink |
| Depot(s) | Bedford Cauldwell Walk Bedford Carriage Sidings Cricklewood Three Bridges |
| Rolling stock | Class 700 Desiro City |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found. |
| Operating speed | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). maximum |
Thameslink Media
A vector map of the Thameslink network.
St Pancras International Thameslink platforms opened in 2007
Blackfriars new cross-river platforms
Interior of the new Thameslink Class 700 trains
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;*London Blackfriars ............1746...................1747 1/4......................1L*Blackfriars Junction...........1747 1/2.............1748 3/4.....................1L*Southwark Bridge Jn.........1748 1/2.............1749...........................RT*Loughborough Junction...1755...................1754 1/4.....................RT*Cambria Junction...............1756...................1754 3/4.....................1E*Denmark Hill [DMK]............1757/1758.........1756/1757 3/4..........RT*Crofton Road Junction......1759...................1759...........................RT*Peckham Rye [PMR]...........1800/1801.........1759/1800..................1E*Nunhead [NHD]...................1803/1804........1802 3/4/1803 3/4..RT*Nunhead Junction..............1805...................1804 1/2.....................RT*Crofton Park [CFT]..............1806 1/2/1807..1806 1/2/1807 1/4....RT*Catford [CTF].......................1809/1810.........1809/1810.................RT*Bellingham [BGM]...............1812/1813...........1811 3/4/1813.............RT*Beckenham Hill [BEC]........1814 1/2/1815....1814 1/2/1815............RT*Ravensbourne [RVB]..........1817/1817 1/2.....1816 3/4/1817 1/4.....RT*Shortlands Junction...........1818 1/2..............1818 1/4......................RT*Shortlands [SRT]..................1819 1/2/1820...1819/1819 1/2............RT*Bromley South [BMS].........1822/1823........1821 3/4/1822 3/4...RT*Bickley [BKL]........................1825/1826........1825 1/4/1825 1/2....RT*Bickley Junction[XLY]........1827...................1827...........................RT*St Mary Cray Junction.......1827 1/2.............1827 1/4.....................RT*St Mary Cray [SMY].............1829 1/2/1830..1829 1/2/1830 1/2....RT*Swanley [SAY].....................1834/1835.........1834 1/4/1834 3/4....RT*Eynsford [EYN].....................1839 1/2/1840..1838 1/2/1839 1/2....RT*Shoreham [SEH]..................1843 1/2/1844..1842 3/4/1843 3/4..RT*Otford [OTF].........................1846 1/2/1847...1846 1/4/1846 3/4...RT*Otford Junction[XOT]........1848...................1847 3/4....................RT*Bat & Ball [BBL]....................1849 1/2/1850..1849 1/4/1849 1/2....RT Sevenoaks [SEV].................1855...................1852...........................2E
86 Class 319s worked the Thameslink route from 1987 to 2017
Other websites
Media related to Thameslink at Wikimedia Commons- Official Thameslink Programme website
- Thameslink Programme - Network Rail
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