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Map showing railway routes to be operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. The background map shows the coastline and major urban areas. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 25 August 2014: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Great Britain coastline and boundary data from Boundary-Line product.
Class 700 trains replaced all of the existing fleet in 2018 Interior of the new Thameslink Class 700 trains. Class 700 trains were delivered between 2015 and 2018, providing an additional 14,500 seats. [clarification needed] [26] Siemens Mobility was named preferred bidder on 16 June 2011, with the Desiro City train family. [27]
The Elizabeth line is a railway line that carries passengers across Greater London and nearby towns. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford; along the Great Western Main Line to Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west; and along ...
Farringdon has recently received significant upgrades to allow it to meet the needs of a series of major rail upgrade projects: The Thameslink Programme was a major upgrade to the existing north-south Thameslink route, enabling longer and more frequent trains, completed in 2018; and the Four Lines Modernisation involves the wholesale ...
In 1992, following the demolition, an additional service tunnel was constructed connecting City Thameslink to Farringdon. [22] When the Thameslink franchise was awarded to First Capital Connect (FCC) in 2006, the Thameslink service was re-branded but City Thameslink was not renamed. By late 2010, FCC had reverted to the Thameslink name.
Snow Hill tunnel is a railway tunnel on the northern edge of the City of London which carries the up and down Snow Hill lines [1] between City Thameslink and Farringdon stations. The tunnel runs beneath the Smithfield meat market and was constructed, using the cut-and-cover method, immediately prior to the building of the market.
During 2006, the Thameslink and Great Northern services were merged into a single franchise due to the upcoming Thameslink Programme.In 2012, the British government announced that services of First Capital Connect, Southern (with Gatwick Express) and some Southeastern routes would be merged into a single Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise (TSGN). [2]
This is a route-map template for Thameslink, a UK railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.