Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 44, 2018

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. The main line station is the oldest railway station in London fare zone 1 and one of the oldest in the world. It is the fourth-busiest station in London, handling over 50 million customers a year. The station was originally opened in 1836 by the London and Greenwich Railway. It subsequently served the London and Croydon Railway, the London and Brighton Railway and the South Eastern Railway. It was rebuilt in 1849 and 1864 to provide more services and increase capacity. The station was extensively rebuilt by British Rail in the 1970s, along with a comprehensive re-signalling scheme and track alignment. It was further developed in the 2010s to better accommodate the Thameslink route. London Bridge is now 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 the station in 2018.