Network Rail has announced plans to develop a new entrance for a station in London.

The London Bridge station is being completely rebuilt as part of the Government sponsored Thameslink Programme.

Planned works include a new entrance onto St Thomas Street in Southwark.

The entrance will provide a pedestrian link between the areas to the north and south of the station. It will be finished in 2018.

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In addition, the new station will provide a row of shops and other retail units to bring new life to the street.

The entrance itself has been installed over the summer using pre-cast sections built off-site by Thorp Precast at Newcastle-Under-Lyme in Staffordshire.

They will come into use in summer 2016 when the first half of the new concourse opens.

The new station entrance facades have been installed as pre-cast sections, with brickwork to match the rest of the viaduct.

The remaining arches have had their decorative brickwork and pediments restored and will provide entrances for shops, cafes and more, stretching down to Bermondsey Street.

(LM)