Blackfriars: a train station over the Thames

Blackfriars will be the first train station to span the Thames, with platforms north and south of the river, adding shimmer to the South Bank's "string of property pearls". David Spittles reports

26 February 2016

The first new train station in 120 years - Blackfriars South at Bankside with platforms stretching across the river to a refurbished Blackfriars station

Houses and flats for sale at Bankside

'Blackfriars South, at Bankside, will have a concourse with steps to new platforms that span the river'

Central hub

The South Bank is seeing a host of new developments

Buzzing neighbourhood

NEO Bankside

£1.05 million: two-bedroom penthouse in a Wheat Wharf warehouse at Shad Thames. Call Cluttons (020 7407 3669)

Charming mix

Great Suffolk Street

Bear Lane

South Bankside

Bankside Lofts

Whitehouse Apartments

Benbow House

Butler's Wharf

Rennie Court

Falcon Point

£195,000: a ground-floor studio flat in King's Bench Street, SE1. Chesterton Humberts (020 7357 7999)

Houses and flats for sale at Bankside

Modernisation

Doon Street

Flats in London Bridge's Shard tower, designed by Renzo Piano

Three times the height of St Paul's

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