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Pretty sure London Bridge has through trains (Thameslink) and also Blackfriars.

e.g. today's 18:24 from Horsham to Peterbrough going through London Bridge at 19:31, Blackfriars at 19:37 and then St Pancras (for a triple!) at 19:46 https://www.thetrainline.com/live/departures/london-blackfri...

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There's a fan-out at London Bridge to three more stations, but everything dead-ends within 2km or so. You can't continue west or north and get out of London on any of those tracks.

No, trains through London Bridge and Blackfriars continue North via a tunnel through City Thameslink, Farringdon, St Pancras and join the Midland Main Line or East Coast Mainline.

> You can't continue west or north and get out of London on any of those tracks.

I literally posted a train going through London Bridge and north out of London!

Yeah the only through-running trains through the actual city centre are the Elizabeth line and Thameslink. If you count slightly outside the city centre, you could also consider the West London Line (southern and overground), and the other overground from Croydon to Islington to be throu-running. But they slightly miss the city centre.

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