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. Farringdon Tube station, London - view of the platforms Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Farringdon Tube station, London - view of the platforms Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and outdoor signs. ... National Rail uses the BR double arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ... Farringdon is a place in London. ... This article is about a small section of central London. ... Islington is a borough of London to the north of the City of London, west of Hackney, east of Camden, and south of Haringey. ...

It is on the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Barbican. The station serves Thameslink trains which run from Brighton to Bedford, calling en route at Gatwick Airport, or from Luton to Sutton. Some Thameslink trains also run into Moorgate and terminate there rather than continuing south via City Thameslink. Farringdon is in Transport for London's Travelcard Zone 1. The Metropolitan Line is an integral part of the London Underground. ... The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map. ... This article is about a part of the London Underground. ... Kings Cross St. ... Barbican tube station Barbican is a London Underground and mainline rail station serving the Barbican Centre in the City of London. ... Thameslink class 319 dual voltage Unit, East Croydon railway station, April 2004 Thameslink is a fifty-station franchise in the British railway system running 225 km north to south across London from Bedford to Brighton through the Snow Hill tunnel. ... Brighton in East Sussex is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... Bedford is the county town of the English county of Bedfordshire. ... Gatwick Airport (IATA Airport Code: LGW, ICAO Airport Code: EGKK) is Londons second airport and the second largest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ... Luton is a town in England, located 50km north of central London and officially part of the East of England region. ... The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London. ... Moorgate station is a tube and mainline station in the City of London, located on Moorgate, the street of the same name, north of London Wall. ... City Thameslink station is an underground mainline railway station in the City of London, at the point where Fleet Street becomes Ludgate Hill. ... Transport for London (TfL) is responsible for the transport system of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the most central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

The station was opened on 10 January 1863 as the terminus of the original Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground metro line. The station, initially named Farringdon Street, was originally located a short distance from today's building. The line ran from Farringdon to Paddington, a distance of 6 km. The station was relocated on 23 December 1865 when the Metropolitan Railway opened an extension to Moorgate. It was renamed Farringdon and High Holborn on 26 January 1922, and its present name on 21 April 1936. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ... Farringdon is a place in London. ... Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major railway station in the Paddington area of London, which is the London terminus for long distance trains to the West of England and South Wales and some West London commuter services. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Farringdon station building

The station building is an unusually well-preserved piece of early 20th-century London Underground architecture; it still has its original signage (with the name "Farringdon and High Holborn" on the facade) and other indications of the Metropolitan Railway's ambitions to be like the main line companies, with a sign for a "Parcel Office" surviving on the exterior wall. Farringdon Tube station, London - exterior view Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Farringdon Tube station, London - exterior view Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

The station drastically requires expansion, however, and is very busy at peak times. There have been plans to increase the station's passenger capacity for several years, as part of the Thameslink 2000 project, though these have yet to come to fruition. If, as is planned, Crossrail line 1 calls here, substantial upgrade works may be required. Crossrail is a project to build a new east-west railway connection under central London, with one connection to the west and two to the east. ...

It is also quite interesting to note that local business rent rates have also dropped recently, with the north-south closure of the Thameslink for additional construction work at St Pancras. If the Crossrail 1 project does go ahead, linking with Thameslink at Farringdon, the station will become one of the most important transport interchanges in central London.

Nearest places:

• Clerkenwell
• Barbican Estate
• Holborn
• Old Street
• Shoreditch

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External links

• Train times (http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=ZFD) for Farringdon station from National Rail
• Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=public&lang=&advanced=&quicksearch=EC1M6BY) and aerial photo (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&lang=&pc=EC1M6BY) of Farringdon station from Multimap.com

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Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and outdoor signs. ... Kings Cross St. ... This article is about a part of the London Underground. ... Barbican tube station Barbican is a London Underground and mainline rail station serving the Barbican Centre in the City of London. ... The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map. ... The Metropolitan Line is an integral part of the London Underground. ... National Rail uses the BR double arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ... Kings Cross Thameslink station is a railway station in central London, which serves the Thameslink franchise. ... Thameslink class 319 dual voltage Unit, East Croydon railway station, April 2004 Thameslink is a fifty-station franchise in the British railway system running 225 km north to south across London from Bedford to Brighton through the Snow Hill tunnel. ... Barbican tube station Barbican is a London Underground and mainline rail station serving the Barbican Centre in the City of London. ... Thameslink class 319 dual voltage Unit, East Croydon railway station, April 2004 Thameslink is a fifty-station franchise in the British railway system running 225 km north to south across London from Bedford to Brighton through the Snow Hill tunnel. ... City Thameslink station is an underground mainline railway station in the City of London, at the point where Fleet Street becomes Ludgate Hill. ...