London Blackfriars

Longer, more frequent trains

More space on trains - longer platforms means train length increased from 8 to 12 carriages.

More trains per hour – twice the number of platforms and new track systems means services have increased from 8 trains per hour to 12 (and will go up to 24 when Thameslink is complete in 2018).

Better connections

An enhanced Underground station makes catching the tube easier.

The only station with entrances on both banks of the Thames brings people closer to landmarks such the Tate Modern and St Pauls Cathedral.

New lifts and escalators give step-free access.

The world’s largest solar bridge

Over 4,400 photovoltaic panels, enough to cover 23 tennis courts, crown the roof and provide up to 50% of the station's energy, enough to make almost 80,000 cups of tea a day.

They will reduce the station's CO2 emissions by an estimated 511 tonnes per year – equivalent approximately to 89,000 average car journeys.

Transforming the Thameslink route

London Blackfriars sits at the heart of the £6.5 billion Thameslink Programme which will increase capacity on one of Europe's busiest stretches of railway running north-south through central London.

Once complete, it will deliver:

• Redeveloped stations including London Bridge, Blackfriars and Farringdon
• More frequent services through central London, reducing crowding on other routes and modes of transports
• Longer trains with more carriages
• New, more efficient trains with even more space
• Trains to more destinations including Cambridge and Peterborough