Farringdon station
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| Location | Clerkenwell |
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| 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 |
Coordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°06′19″W / 51.520°N 0.1053°W
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.
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[edit] Services
The London Underground part of the station is served by Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle Line services, the stations on either side being King's Cross St. Pancras and Barbican.
Farringdon is also served by First Capital Connect trains from Brighton to Bedford, calling en route at Gatwick Airport, or from Luton to Sutton or Wimbledon. The stations on either side are City Thameslink and St Pancras International.
Until 20th March 2009 some First Capital Connect weekday peak-hour trains ran into Moorgate and terminated there rather than continuing south to Blackfriars and beyond. These services were withdrawn to allow the platforms to be extended to take 12-coach trains. The extended platforms will be built over the junction for the former Moorgate branch line: there is no room on the north side for any extension because the tracks leave the station on a downward gradient.
Passengers can still travel from Farringdon to Barbican and Moorgate using the parallel London Underground service.
Farringdon is in Transport for London's Travelcard Zone 1.
[edit] History
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 station 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 original operation like the main line companies, with a sign for a "Parcel Office" surviving on the exterior wall.
After the bay platforms at London Blackfriars closed in March 2009, Southeastern services which previously terminated at Blackfriars were extended to Kentish Town, St Albans, Luton or Bedford, calling at this station.[4] Trains south of Blackfriars services are operated by Southeastern crews, north of Blackfriars by First Capital Connect crews.[5] Through First Capital Connect services to Moorgate ceased at the same time.
There are plans to increase the station's passenger capacity as part of the Thameslink Programme. Work on replacing the footbridge started during late 2008. The new Turnmill street entrance/exit opened on Monday 23rd March 2009. It is an exit-only for the morning peak and entrance-only for the evening peak.
[edit] Plans
The station is due to become an important transport interchange 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, to the south and east 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[6]. Work, although authorised, has yet to start and completion of Crossrail is not anticipated until 2017[7].
[edit] Dual supply
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. The trains that formerly ran to Moorgate used 25kV AC throughout their journeys.
The Underground trains use the four-rail 630V DC system.
In the Spring of 2009, the changeover point is being moved south to City Thameslink.
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] Service patterns
| Preceding station |  London Underground |
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towards Baker Street
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Circle line |
towards Tower Hill
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towards Hammersmith
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Hammersmith & City line |
towards Barking
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| Metropolitan line |
towards Aldgate
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| St Pancras International | First Capital Connect Thameslink |
City Thameslink | ||
| First Capital Connect
Bedford-Sevenoaks
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| Southeastern
Sevenoaks-Bedford
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| St Pancras International | First Capital Connect Thameslink (Moorgate Branch) |
Barbican | ||
| King's Cross (York Road) | British Rail Eastern Region City Widened Lines |
Barbican | ||
| Preceding station | Crossrail | Following station | ||
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toward Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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Crossrail |
toward Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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[edit] Gallery
 The station was named Farringdon & High Holborn from 1922-36 [3] |
 Platforms looking north, Underground (Circle/Met/H&C) on the right |
 View from north. The building on the right is built on the site of the Metropolitan Railway goods depot |
 Thameslink platforms looking north |
 Thameslink platforms looking south |
 Third rail ends at the northern end of the Thameslink platforms |
 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. |
 Roundel on westbound Underground platform (Circle/Met/H&C) |
 Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking clockwise |
 Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking anticlockwise |
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Train times 22 March - 16 May 2009 Thameslink route". First Capital Connect. http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/content/doc/timetables/tttl_book_pdf_ontime_final_ver.pdf. Retrieved on 20 March 2009.
- ^ "First photos of FCC 377s released" - Today's Railways, Issue 84, p67
- ^ Crossrail - Farringdon (PDF). 28 October 2006
- ^ Crossrail website accessed 09 Dec 2007
[edit] External links
Media related to Farringdon station at Wikimedia Commons- Thameslink Programme: Farringdon station
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