History
London Bridge Station was opened on 14 December 1836 south of the river Thames in Tooley Street, making it the first and oldest of the current London railway termini. It was not the earliest station in the present London metropolitan area however, as the London and Greenwich Railway opened stations first at Spa Road (Bermondsey) and Deptford on 8 February 1836. Delays in the completion of a bridge at Bermondsey Street postponed the opening of the line into the London Bridge Station until December. This meant that by September 1836 trains were able to operate as far up as to the east end of Bermondsey Street bridge, but no further, with passengers having to walk the last hundred or so yards.. Since then the station has had a most complex history involving frequent rebuilding and changes of ownership.
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