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Farringdon station
Farringdon
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| Location |
Clerkenwell |
| Local authority |
London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by |
London Underground |
| Owner |
London Underground |
| Station code |
ZFD |
| Platforms in use |
4 |
| Travelcard zone |
1 |
| NR 2006/7 usage |
1.637 million[1] |
| LUL 2004 usage |
14.392 million[2] |
| LUL 2007 usage |
18.285 million[2] |
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| 1863 |
Opened |
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| List of stations |
Underground • National Rail |
| External links |
Departures • Facilities |
 London Transport Portal |
UK Railways Portal
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Coordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°06′19″W / 51.520, -0.1053
Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington.
Contents
- 1 Services
- 2 History
- 3 Plans
- 4 Dual supply
- 5 Nearest places
- 6 Service patterns
- 7 Gallery
- 8 References
- 9 External links
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It is on the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, between King's Cross St. Pancras station and Barbican. The station is served by First Capital Connect trains which run from Brighton to Bedford, calling en route at Gatwick Airport, or from Luton to Sutton. Some First Capital Connect 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 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 4 miles (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.[3]
The lines from Farringdon to King's Cross stations run alongside the now culverted Fleet River, which was above ground here until 1812. 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.
The station drastically requires expansion 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 Programme, and as a consequence of these works through First Capital Connect services to Moorgate will cease from March 2009.
The station is due to become one of the most important transport interchanges in central London, when the Crossrail 1 project is developed. Under current plans, the Crossrail station will be located between Farringdon Road and Charterhouse Square, south of the existing ticket hall. The Farringdon ticket hall will be located at the junction of Farringdon Road and Cowcross Street. The area between the current and new stations is intended to be pedestrianised. A further ticket hall will be located to provide an additional interchange with Barbican tube station[4]. Work, although authorised, has yet to start and completion of Crossrail is not anticipated until 2017[5].
Farringdon Station is also notable because the First Capital Connect trains, whilst standing at the platform, switch between the 25kV AC overhead supply used to the north of London, and the 750V DC third rail supply used to the south, though the trains travelling to Moorgate use 25kV AC throughout.
The Underground trains use the four-rail 630V DC system.
- Clerkenwell
- Smithfield
- Barbican Estate
- Finsbury Estate
- Holborn
- Old Street
- Shoreditch
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 London Underground |
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Following station |
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King's Cross St. Pancras
towards Baker Street
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Circle line |
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Barbican
towards Tower Hill
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King's Cross St. Pancras
towards Hammersmith
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Hammersmith & City line |
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Barbican
towards Barking
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King's Cross St. Pancras
towards Uxbridge, Amersham,
Chesham or Watford
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Metropolitan line |
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Barbican
towards Aldgate
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| National Rail |
| St Pancras International |
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First Capital Connect
Thameslink
(Moorgate Branch) |
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Barbican
until March 2009 only[6] |
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First Capital Connect
Thameslink |
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City Thameslink |
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Commencing March 2009[6] |
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St Pancras International
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Southeastern
Luton-Sevenoaks
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City Thameslink
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Future Development
| Preceding station |
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 Crossrail |
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Following station |
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Tottenham Court Road
toward Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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Crossrail |
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Liverpool Street
toward Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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The station was named Farringdon & High Holborn from 1922-36 [3]
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Platforms looking north, Underground (Circle/Met/H&C) on the right
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View from north. The building on the right is built on the site of the Metropolitan Railway goods depot
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Thameslink platforms looking north
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Thameslink platforms looking south
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Third rail ends at the northern end of the Thameslink platforms
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Just south of the Thameslink platforms, the Moorgate branch veers left, shadowing the Underground route, whilst the City Thameslink branch veers to the right before heading due south.
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Roundel on westbound Underground platform (Circle/Met/H&C)
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Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking clockwise
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Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking anticlockwise
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- ^ Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Farringdon station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
- ^ a b Transport for London - London Underground performance update
- ^ a b Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground: A diagrammatic history. Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 1854142194.
- ^ Crossrail - Farringdon (PDF). 28 October 2006
- ^ Crossrail website accessed 09 Dec 2007
- ^ a b "Thameslink Programme - FAQ". Retrieved on 21 November 2008.
 Media related to Farringdon station at Wikimedia Commons
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Railway stations of central London |
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| Termini |
Blackfriars · Cannon Street · Charing Cross · Euston · Fenchurch Street · King's Cross · Liverpool Street · London Bridge · Paddington · Marylebone · Moorgate · St Pancras · Victoria · Waterloo
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| Other central stations |
Barbican · City Thameslink · Elephant and Castle · Farringdon · Old Street · Vauxhall · Waterloo East
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| Other London stations: Central area · Greater London area |
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UK railway stations |
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Metropolitan line |
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| Stations |
| Central London section |
Aldgate • Barbican • Euston Square • Farringdon • Great Portland Street • King's Cross St. Pancras • Liverpool Street • Moorgate
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| Core section |
Baker Street • Finchley Road • Harrow-on-the-Hill • Northwick Park • Preston Road • Wembley Park
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| Uxbridge branch |
Eastcote • Hillingdon • West Harrow tube station • Ickenham • Rayners Lane • Ruislip • Ruislip Manor • Uxbridge
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| Outer section & branches |
Amersham • Chalfont & Latimer • Chesham • Chorleywood • Croxley • Moor Park • North Harrow • Northwood • Northwood Hills • Pinner • Rickmansworth • Watford
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| Rolling stock |
A60 and A62 Stock
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| History |
| Former companies |
Brill Tramway • Metropolitan Railway • Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway
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| Closed stations |
Brill • Granborough Road • Lord's • Marlborough Road • Quainton Road • Swiss Cottage • Verney Junction • Waddesdon • Westcott • Winslow Road • Wotton
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| Former stations |
Aylesbury • Great Missenden • Stoke Mandeville • Wendover
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| Transferred lines |
East London line • Hammersmith and City line • Jubilee line • Great Northern & City Railway
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| Former rolling stock |
CP Stock • CO Stock • F Stock • G Stock • M Stock • MV Stock • MW Stock • N Stock • O Stock • P Stock • P1 Stock • R Stock • S Stock • T Stock • U Stock • V Stock • VT Stock • W Stock • Circle Stock • GN&C Stock • Main Line Stock • Shuttle Stock
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| Former locomotives |
A Class • B Class • C Class • D Class • E Class • F Class • G Class • H Class • K Class • Metropolitan District • Metropolitan departmental • ex GWR • Metropolitan Railway Peckett Saddle Tank • Wotton Tramway
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| Metro-Land |
Metro-land • Metro-land (TV)
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| Future proposals |
| Croxley Rail link |
Croxley Rail Link • Ascot Road • Croxley • Croxley Green • Watford High Street • Watford Junction • Watford Stadium • Watford West
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| Future rolling stock |
S Stock
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| London Underground • Transport for London |
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Hammersmith & City line |
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| Stations |
Aldgate East • Baker Street • Barbican • Barking • Bow Road • Bromley-by-Bow • East Ham • Edgware Road • Euston Square • Farringdon • Goldhawk Road Road • Great Portland Street • Hammersmith • King's Cross St. Pancras • Ladbroke Grove • Latimer Road • Liverpool Street • Mile End • Moorgate • Paddington • Plaistow • Royal Oak • Shepherd's Bush Market • Stepney Green • Upton Park • West Ham • Westbourne Park • Whitechapel • Wood Lane
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| Rolling stock |
C Stock
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| History |
| Former companies |
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways
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| Future proposals |
| Route |
Merge Proposals
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| Future rolling stock |
S Stock
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| See also |
District line • Circle line • Metropolitan line
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| London Underground • Transport for London |
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Circle line |
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| Stations |
Aldgate • Baker Street • Barbican • Bayswater • Blackfriars • Cannon Street • Edgware Road • Embankment • Euston Square • Farringdon • Gloucester Road • Great Portland Street • High Street Kensington • King's Cross St. Pancras • Liverpool Street • Mansion House • Monument • Moorgate • Notting Hill Gate • Paddington • Sloane Square • South Kensington • St. James's Park • Temple • Tower Hill • Victoria • Westminster
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| Rolling stock |
C Stock
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| History |
| Former companies |
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways •
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| Previous circle lines |
Middle Circle • Outer Circle • Super Outer Circle
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| Former rolling stock |
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| Future proposals |
| Route |
Extension to Hammersmith
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| Future rolling stock |
S Stock
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| See also |
District line • Hammersmith & City line • Metropolitan line • Circle line Parties
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| London Underground • Transport for London |
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