Established plans will create significant changes in the classic network in the foreseeable future, especially those centred on the Thameslink Programme.
Thameslink[3] is the largest single programme affecting the RUS area, though in reality it comprises a significant number of related projects.
The key objective is eventually to increase the frequency and length of the trains which pass between north and south London, and therefore has much wider scope than the KRUS area.
It includes very major works at Blackfriars and Farringdon, currently under way as at March 2010, and at London Bridge and its environs, after the 2012 Olympic Games.
At different stages during the work, a number of services to/from Charing Cross and Cannon Street stations will not be able to call at London Bridge.
Gap A concerns the danger of future overcrowding during the peak hours, and possible interventions to alleviate this problem.
A continued increase in passenger numbers, especially at peak times and particularly on the Thames Gateway, Medway and Tonbridge routes are anticipated.