City Thameslink is an underground National Rail station in the City of London, at the point where Fleet Street becomes Ludgate Hill. The station is in Zone 1, between Blackfriars station and Farringdon station on the First Capital Connect service. It was the indended location of Ludgate Circus station on the fleet line (now Jubilee Line) until it was abandoned in the late 1970s. The Holborn Viaduct is a bridge linking Holborn with Newgate Street in the City of London, passing over Farringdon Street. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... First Capital Connect is a train operating company in England that began its passenger operations on the National Rail network at 02:00 BST 1 April 2006. ... Network Rails logo Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee that owns the fixed assets of that part of the British railway system that formerly belonged to British Rail, the now-defunct UK state-owned railway operator. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... This article is about the year. ... Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in England. ... The southbound platform at Angel. ... This is a list of mainline railway stations in London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Fleet Street road sign Fleet Street in 1890 Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous London street, named after the River Fleet. ... Ludgate Hill is a hill in the City of London, near the old Ludgate, a gate to the City that was taken down, with its attached jail, in 1780. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station complex situated in the Blackfriars district of the City of London, in London, England. ... Farringdon station platforms Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Farringdon, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. ... First Capital Connect is a train operating company in England that began its passenger operations on the National Rail network at 02:00 BST 1 April 2006. ... The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map. ...

The station opened on 29 May 1990 as St Paul's Thameslink. The name was changed in 1991, apparently to avoid confusion with St Paul's London Underground station, which is several hundred yards away on the other side of St Paul's Cathedral. May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... St Pauls tube station, with the cathedral in the background St Pauls is a London Underground station in the City of London, near St Pauls Cathedrals north east corner. ... The nickname the Tube comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile trains travel. ... St Pauls Cathedral from the south St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, England and the seat of the Bishop of London. ...

City Thameslink station replaced Holborn Viaduct station, which was a terminus located close to Holborn Viaduct itself and which was closed on 26 January 1990. The station is situated where Snow Hill/Holborn Viaduct - Low Level station used to be. Holborn Viaduct station was a railway station in central London, opened in 1874 to serve as an additional terminus for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and closed in 1990. ... The Holborn Viaduct is a bridge linking Holborn with Newgate Street in the City of London, passing over Farringdon Street. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

The station is underground and accessed via lift and escalator from Ludgate Hill (south end) and Holborn Viaduct (north end). A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a railway station. ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ...

The station is served by trains from the former Thameslink, whose franchise has been taken over by First Capital Connect. There are also peak-hour services provided by Southeastern. The Thameslink route is operated with a fleet of 72 dual-voltage Class 319 electric multiple units. ... First Capital Connect is a train operating company in England that began its passenger operations on the National Rail network at 02:00 BST 1 April 2006. ... Southeastern is a train operating company that began operations in south-east England on 1 April 2006, replacing the former publicly-owned operator South Eastern Trains. ...

Due to the renaming of the Thameslink service to First Capital Connect, there was speculation that this station and others with Thameslink in the name might be re-named. Whilst this has not yet occurred, it appears that FCC instructed staff to remove all reference to the previous Thameslink brand from trains, and this has led to some overzealous staff blanking out Thameslink from station names on maps, with City Thameslink appearing as just City.

Transport connections

London Buses routes 4, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 76, 100, 172 and night bus routes N11, N15, N21, N26, N47 and N76 serve the Ludgate Hill entrance to the station. Routes 8, 25, 242, 521 and night bus route N8 serve the Holborn Viaduct entrance. An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ...

External links

• Train times and station information for City Thameslink railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of City Thameslink railway station from Multimap.com