National Rail
The through platforms, 1-6, are on the north side of the station. Platforms 1-3 are served by trains starting and ending at Cannon Street. Services to and from Charing Cross use platforms 4-6 and a passing loop to the south of Platform 6. Platforms 5 & 6 are also served by First Capital Connect with its Thameslink Bedford to Brighton services via Luton, St Albans, St Pancras International, Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars and Gatwick Airport. Platform 6 is the busiest railway platform in Europe, due to the necessity of routing all trains heading to Charing Cross and Blackfriars through it. There is no Platform 7 as it closed in the major reconstruction of the 1970s.
The terminal platforms, 8-16, are on the south side of the station and are mostly served by Southern services to south London and the south coast.
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London Bridge exterior
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London Bridge interior
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National Rail terminal platforms
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Through platforms
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