The company wanted to compete with rivals the south eastern railway and provide the best service into central london the line was complete as far as the thames by 1864.
New roof at london bridge station.
Network rail said it was the world s largest solar bridge and would provide up to 50 of blackfriars.
The station was proposed by the london chatham and dover railway lc dr who had been given parliamentary power to build a line into the city of london.
Grimshaw has completed a 1 billion refurbishment of london bridge station next to the shard covering its rearranged platforms with sinuous grey canopies.
A solar roof with 4 400 panels has been unveiled on blackfriars bridge in central london.
It is the only system approved by kalzip who supplied the roof at london bridge station.
The roof was designed as a series.
Installation was complicated by the unusually short roofing sections a consequence of the roof s wave design.
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 the oldest in the world having opened in 1836.
Blackfriars bridge and station redevelopment the new roof had to be constructed over a live railway and a working river prater delivered a complex roofing system at blackfriars bridge london as part of a 350 million development within the wider thameslink programme.