Main entrance and Fenchurch Place

Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London and two miles (3.2 km) east of Charing Cross. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 341 KB)I took it myself. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 341 KB)I took it myself. ... This article is about a small section of central London. ... The Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ... The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I of England placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ...

Uniquely for a rail terminus in central London, it does not have a direct link to the London Underground, but it is close to Tower Hill tube station, Tower Gateway DLR station and Aldgate tube station. It is one of seventeen UK railway stations managed by Network Rail^{[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenchurch_Street_railway_station#endnote_Netrail)}. Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Tower Gateway DLR station Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway station near the Tower of London on Tower Hill. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | Metropolitan Line stations | London Underground stubs ... 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 rail operator. ...

History

The station, designed by George Berkeley, was the first to be constructed inside the City, and was opened in April 1854 for the London and Blackwall Railway replacing a nearby terminus at Minories opened in July 1841 and designed by William Tite. The station also became the London terminus of the London Tilbury & Southend Railway. Until the opening of Broad Street station in 1865 it was also the City terminus of the North London Railway. 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Originally called the Commercial Railway, this railway line ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, in east London, England. ... The Minories is an area of London close to the Tower of London. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Tite (1798-1873) was a British architect. ... Fenchurch Street Station The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) was a British railway company, and line built by that company, linking London eastwards along the north bank of River Thames to Tilbury and Southend. ... Broad Street station in 1865 Broad Street station was a major railway station in the City of London, which served as the terminus for the North London Railway. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Originally called the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway and opened between 1850 and 1852, the railway linked the docks at Blackwall to Camden Town. ...

Design

Side entrance to Fenchurch Street for access to Tower Hill

The station facade is of grey stock brick and has a rounded gable roof. In the 1960s a flat awning over the entrance was replaced with the zig-zag canopy seen today. Above, the first floor facade has 11 round-arched windows, and above these is the station clock, which has recently been returned to working order. The station has four platforms and operates at capacity, especially during peak hours. Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 222 KB)Side entrance to Fenchurch St. ... Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 222 KB)Side entrance to Fenchurch St. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | London Underground stubs ... West façade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A façade (sometimes just facade) is the exterior of a building – especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... West façade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A façade (sometimes just facade) is the exterior of a building – especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1960s. ... This article is about the general definition of canopy. For the investment firm, see Canopy Group. ... A clock (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time. ...

Destinations

Today Fenchurch Street is served by c2c, with services to East London and south Essex which call at stations including Limehouse, West Ham, Barking, Basildon, Chafford Hundred (for Lakeside Shopping Centre), Tilbury, Westcliff, Southend and Shoeburyness. C2C stands for consumer to consumer electronic commerce. ... East London is the informal name given to the eastern part of London on the north side of the River Thames. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Limehouse station is a railway station located in Limehouse district of east London. ... West Ham station is a London Underground and National Rail station located in West Ham. ... Barking station is a London Underground and National Rail station located in Barking served by District and Hammersmith & City lines and also by c2c and Silverlink train services. ... For the Berkshire villages, see Upper Basildon and Basildon. ... Chafford Hundred is a recent UK housing development just outside Greater London between Grays and Ockendon in the Borough of Thurrock. ... Opened in 1990, Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out of town shopping mall located in Thurrock, just outside London. ... Tilbury is located on the north bank of the River Thames, in the borough of Thurrock in England, at the point where the river suddenly narrows to about 800 yards/740 metres in width. ... Westcliff railway station in Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, is on the main line of the c2c running between Londons Fenchurch Street and Southend Central. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... Shoeburyness is a town in southeast Essex, England, situated at the mouth of the river Thames. ...

Trivia

Fenchurch Street is one of the four stations whose names are used in the standard UK edition of the game of Monopoly. Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. ...

The character Fenchurch in Douglas Adams' So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish was named after Fenchurch Street station, where she was conceived. Douglas Noël Adams in an undated photograph Douglas Noël Adams (March 11, 1952 – May 11, 2001) — also known as Bop Ad or Bob after his illegible signature, or by his initials DNA — was a British comic radio dramatist and author, most notably of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy... So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (1984, ISBN 0345391837) is the fourth book of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series written by Douglas Adams. ...

Notes

1. ^  Stations managed by Network Rail (http://www.networkrail.co.uk/stations/), Network Rail, retrieved 2005-04-01.

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 rail operator. ...

External Links

• Station information (http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Stations/stations/FenchurchStreet/Default.aspx) on Fenchurch Street railway station from Network Rail
• Train times (http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=FST) for Fenchurch Street railway station from National Rail
• Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=public&lang=&advanced=&quicksearch=EC3M4AJ) and aerial photo (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&lang=&pc=EC3M4AJ) of Fenchurch Street railway station from Multimap.com

 
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