London Bridge Station
London Bridge Station
The concept of our design, which creates a vastly improved transport interchange with the underground, buses and taxis, is to cut a major swathe through the complex of brick vaults.
This provides a generous concourse at ground level below the tracks which adds considerably to the connectivity of the whole urban area. Our design also reconfigures the track and platform arrangement to accommodate the additional through lines required for Thameslink.
The redevelopment of the station, began with a consented master plan by TP Bennett and Alan Baxter in 2000. Grimshaw were appointed in 2010 to design a world class station befitting its location and status. Construction began in 2012 and the redeveloped station was opened in 2018.
Our original masterplan scheme, which gained planning and listed building consent, included a deck for a major commercial development over the station. We also explored other redevelopment schemes, including a simplified street-level concourse with platform canopies and roofs. This was the option taken forward by Network Rail.
The new, 51000m2 station can now accommodate over 90 million passengers per year in a new expansive street level concourse – larger than the football pitch at Wembley stadium - which links two communities in Southwark for the first time since the Victorian era.
Selected awards:
World Architecture Festival 2019, 'Transport–Completed Buildings' Category Winner
British Transport Awards 2019, Station of the Year Winner
RIBA London Award 2019, Winner
RIBA London Building of the Year Award 2019, Winner
RIBA National Award 2019, Winner
RIBA Client of the Year 2019, Winner
RIBA Stirling Prize 2019, Shortlisted.
Client: Network Rail
Architects: Grimshaw