Lockdown ‘quick wins’ to increase Thameslink reliability
NETWORK Rail took advantage of the recent lockdown period to undertakeaprogramme of improvements to key routes used by Thameslink and other operators in London.
With low passenger numbers,the opportunity was taken to repair track and signalling faults,cut back vegetation and clear away unwanted materials and waste from the Thameslink core route between St Pancras and London Blackfriars in central London, and the Sydenham Corridor between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction.