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Passengers who travel to London Bridge on Southeastern’s Charing Cross trains will have to take different routes to the station from this Monday as the next stage of the massive station rebuilding takes shape.

More than 1,000 engineers have been working round the clock at London Bridge railway station every day since December 20, including Christmas Day, on a massive project to rebuild the station to improve facilities and services for passengers.

Work has begun on a £7m project to rebuild a crucial railway junction in Wimbledon, which will affect journeys through the station for the next 6 weekends.

The finishing touches are being made to a pair of new platforms at London Bridge rail station, ready for their introduction after Christmas.

Network Rail ensured that passengers travelling between East Croydon and London Bridge experienced no disruption over the past week while a new bridge was inched into place over the tracks.

Passengers at Norbiton station are benefiting from better access after work was completed to reduce a gap between trains and the platform edge.

With a good Christmas vital to football teams’ chances of glory – or avoiding the drop - Network Rail is urging fans to plan their journeys over the festive period as the rebuilding of London Bridge railway station gains pace.

Millions of passengers are set to benefit from the biggest Christmas and New Year investment programme ever carried out on Britain’s rail network – including many locations around London.