Joseph Cubitt designed the original 1864 station and bridge for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. That lattice girder bridge was 933 feet (284 m) long. A second bridge opened parallel to it in 1886 with seven tracks on five arched spans. The old bridge closed to trains on June 27, 1971, and its deck was removed in 1985, leaving the river piers.
The station was rebuilt from 1971 to 1977 and again from 2009 to 2012. Pascall+Watson did the original concept, Jacobs and Tony Gee and Partners carried out the design, and Balfour Beatty built it. The platforms were extended along the bridge, and the old piers were strengthened and clad in stone. A south-bank entrance opened on December 5, 2011.
About 4,400 solar panels were installed on the bridge in 2014. Network Rail and Transport for London own it. The article names no style.
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