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| Location | Farringdon |
|---|---|
| Local authority | London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Station code | ZFD |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2005 | 15.255 million[1] |
| 2006 | increase 16.805 million[2] |
| 2007 | increase 18.285 million[3] |
| 2008 | increase 18.84 million[4] |
| 2009 | decrease 15.675 million[5] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2006–07 | 1.637 million[6] |
| 2007–08 | increase 1.706 million[6] |
| 2008–09 | decrease 1.173 million[6] |
| 1863 | Opened |
| Lists of stations | *DLR |
| External links | *Departures
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| To be added... To be added...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. It is currently one of the smaller central London stations with mainline services, but it will become more important in the future as it is at the intersection of the two largest transport infrastructure programmes underway in London, the Thameslink Programme and Crossrail, which are scheduled for completion in 2016 and 2018 respectively.
Services[]
London Underground[]
The London Underground part of the station is directly next to the Thameslink platforms and is served by the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, between King's Cross St Pancras and Barbican. All three lines share the same pair of tracks from Baker Street Junction to Aldgate Junction making this section of track one of the most intensely used on the London Underground network.
Circle line[]
The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:[7]
- 6 tph Clockwise via Liverpool Street and Tower Hill
- 6 tph To Hammersmith via King's Cross St Pancras and Paddington
Hammersmith & City line[]
The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:[7]
- 6 tph Eastbound to Barking
- 6 tph Westbound to Hammersmith via Paddington
Metropolitan line[]
The Metropolitan line is the only line to operate express services, though this is only during peak times (Westbound 06:30–09:30 / Eastbound 16:00–19:00). Fast services run non-stop between Wembley Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill and Moor Park. Semi-fast services run non-stop between Wembley Park and Harrow-on-the-Hill.[8]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[9]
- 12 tph Eastbound to Aldgate
- 2 tph Westbound to Amersham (all stations)
- 2 tph Westbound to Chesham (all stations)
- 8 tph Westbound to Uxbridge (all stations)
Off-peak services to/from Watford terminate at Baker Street
The typical peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[9]
- 14 tph Eastbound to Aldgate
- 2 tph Westbound to Amersham (fast in the evening peak only)
- 2 tph Westbound to Chesham (fast in the evening peak only)
- 4 tph Westbound to Watford (semi-fast in the evening peak only)
- 6 tph Westbound to Uxbridge (all stations)
Farringdon is in Transport for London's Travelcard Zone 1.
Thameslink[]
All Thameslink services at Farringdon serve between St Pancras International and City Thameslink using part of the City Widened Lines and Snow Hill Tunnel respectively. Services are operated using Class 345 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[10]
- 4 tph to Brighton via Gatwick Airport
- 2 tph to Horsham via Redhill and Gatwick Airport
- 2 tph to Three Bridges via Redhill
- 2 tph to Rainham via Greenwich, Woolwich Arsenal, Dartford and Gravesend
- 4 tph to Sutton (2 of these run via Mitcham Junction and 2 run via Wimbledon)
- 4 tph to St Albans City (all stations)
- 2 tph to Luton (all stations except Kentish Town, Cricklewood and Hendon)
- 4 tph to Bedford (semi-fast)
- 2 tph to Cambridge via Stevenage
- 2 tph to Peterborough via Stevenage
The station is also served by a half-hourly night service between Bedford and Three Bridges.[11]
Prior to 2009, Thameslink services also ran to Moorgate via Barbican with trains diverging from the core route east of the platforms at Farringdon. This section of line was closed as part of the Thameslink Programme which involved the construction of a new ticket hall and the lengthening of platforms at Farringdon to enable platform extensions to accommodate longer 12 carriage trains which covered over the junction in the process.
Elizabeth line[]
Elizabeth line services began calling at Farringdon on 24 May 2022 and all services are operated using Class 345 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[12]
- 8 tph to Abbey Wood
- 8 tph to Shenfield
- 6 tph to London Paddington
- 4 tph to Heathrow Terminal 4
- 2 tph to Heathrow Terminal 5
- 2 tph to Maidenhead
- 2 tph to Reading
These services combine to give a service of 16 tph in each direction. During the peak hours, the service is increased to 20 tph in each direction.
On Sundays, the services between Shenfield and London Paddington are reduced to 4 tph, with another 4 tph terminating instead at Gidea Park.
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 & High Holborn on 26 January 1922 when the new building by the architect Charles Walter Clark facing Cowcross Street was opened, and its current name was adopted on 21 April 1936.[13]
It was built in conjunction with a freight station to take livestock to a slaughterhouse to its south-east to supply Smithfield Market; remains of cattle ramps on a street outside the market, West Smithfield. Smithfield was redesignated as a wholesale 'deadmeat' market in the 19th century and the freight station was last used in the 1920s.
The lines from Farringdon towards King's Cross St. Pancras run alongside the Fleet ditch, culverted since 1734. The station building is unusually well-preserved early 20th-century London Underground architecture. It retains indications of the Metropolitan Railway's main-line style operation such as a sign for a parcel office on the outer wall and some original signage, with the 1922–1936 name on the facade.
After the bay platforms at Blackfriars station closed on 21 March 2009, Southeastern services that previously terminated at Blackfriars were extended to Kentish Town, St. Albans, Luton or Bedford, calling at this station. Thameslink trains 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 23 March 2009. It is an exit-only for the morning peak and entrance-only for the evening peak.
Recent and current developments[]
Farringdon has recently received significant upgrades to allow it to meet the needs of a series of major rail upgrade projects: The Thameslink Programme was a major upgrade to the existing north-south Thameslink route, enabling longer and more frequent trains, completed in 2018; and the Four Lines Modernisation involves the wholesale resignalling of the London Underground's sub-surface lines bringing a major boost in capacity to Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line services calling at Farringdon.[14] In addition the station has been significantly expanded to serve as a stop on the new east-west Elizabeth line providing interchange between Thameslink and the Elizabeth line.
Once all these projects have been completed, Farringdon will be one of the country's busiest stations with approximately 200 trains per hour, an average of one departure every 20 seconds.[15] A new building, housing a dedicated ticket hall, has been constructed to serve these extra passengers. The new building is to the immediate south of the original station, which itself has been upgraded as part of the programme.
An additional entrance has also been built at the north end of the original station, onto Turnmill Street.
Thameslink upgrade[]
Farringdon Station has been rebuilt[16] to accommodate longer Thameslink trains and to make other improvements to the station.[17] The existing station building has been refurbished with a new roof canopy covering the north end of all four platforms and a new entrance and concourse facing Turnmill Street. An additional ticket hall has been built on the south side of Cowcross Street providing access to the Thameslink platforms, which have been extended southwards underneath this building, allowing the station to handle 240 m (12-carriage) trains. Platforms have been widened to accommodate increased passenger numbers. This process required the bridge that formed Cowcross Street to be demolished and rebuilt.[18] Cowcross Street is now pedestrianised.[19] Lifts have been provided throughout.
The existing listed ticket hall and concourse have been remodelled, for use by London Underground and Thameslink passengers.[20] Interchange within the station has been improved by removing the interchange bridge and installing new stairs and lifts with access to all four platforms, allowing passengers with impaired mobility to use the station.[21]
It was necessary to build the Thameslink platform extensions to the south, since there is a sharp gradient to the immediate north of the station. This resulted in the two-station branch to Moorgate being permanently closed.[22] The platform extensions cross the former Moorgate line and reach within a few metres of the entrance of the Snow Hill Tunnel.[23] The alternative of realigning both the Thameslink and Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan lines was impractical as the latter crosses over the former on a bridge almost immediately to the north of the station.[23]
Elizabeth line[]
The Farringdon Elizabeth line station was built as part of the Crossrail project. It lies between Farringdon and Barbican Underground stations and has interchanges with both of them.[24] Access at the Farringdon end is via the new Thameslink ticket hall.[25] Work was anticipated to be completed in 2018,[26] but the scheduled opening date was delayed.[27]
From 24 May 2022 the new railway line linked Farringdon to Abbey Wood via Canary Wharf in the east and Paddington, in the west. The station is also a hub for cross-London travel, being the only station to be on both the north-south Thameslink service and the east-west Elizabeth line service.[25]
Direct Elizabeth line services between Reading/Heathrow in the west and Shenfield (via Whitechapel and Stratford) started in late 2022.[28]
Construction gallery[]
Dual supply[]
Thameslink trains switch between the 25 kV AC overhead supply used to the north of London and the 750 V DC third rail supply used to the south whilst standing at the platform. The trains that formerly ran to Moorgate used 25 kV AC throughout their journeys. This project was installed by the Network SouthEast sector of British Rail in May 1988.
Until the start of the Thameslink Programme southbound trains that were unable to switch to DC were taken out of service at Farringdon and stabled at Moorgate to prevent them from blocking the core section of the Thameslink route. As this option is no longer possible the catenary has been extended to City Thameslink to enable these trains to continue to the southbound platform[29] at City Thameslink using AC and then return northwards using the new crossover in Snow Hill Tunnel.[30] The pantograph on southbound trains is normally lowered at Farringdon.
Underground trains serving Farringdon use the four-rail 630 V DC system.
Nearest places[]
- Clerkenwell
- Smithfield
- Barbican Estate
- Finsbury Estate
- Holborn
- Old Street
- Shoreditch
Service patterns[]
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| London King's Cross | British Rail Eastern Region City Widened Lines |
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Transport links[]
London bus routes 63 and night route N63.
Gallery[]
London Underground[]
Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines
| ⇒ Circle towards High Street Kensington Hammersmith & City towards Hammersmith Metropolitan towards Uxbridge, Amersham, Chesham or Watford ⇒ | |
| ⇐ Circle towards Liverpool Street Hammersmith & City towards Barking Metropolitan towards Aldgate ⇐ | |
References[]
- ↑ Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
- ↑ Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
- ↑ Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
- ↑ Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
- ↑ Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Template:Citation ORR rail usage data
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Circle and Hammersmith & City line WTT.
- ↑ CULG – Metropolitan Line.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Metropolitan line WTT.
- ↑ Template:NRtimes
- ↑ First Capital Connect timetables.
- ↑ Elizabeth Line Timetable. Transport for London.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground: A diagrammatic history. Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
- ↑ Four Lines Modernisation (en).
- ↑ Template:Citation/coreTemplate:Cbignore
- ↑ Whats happening at Farringdon?. Network Rail.
- ↑ The new Farringdon station. Network Rail.
- ↑ Network Rail (2004a) – pg.27, paragraph 2.6.5
- ↑ Thameslink 2000 Environmental Statement: Addendum. Network Rail (1 July 2005). “See page 15, paragraph 2.2.1”
- ↑ Network Rail (2004a) – page 27, paragraph 2.6.3
- ↑ Network Rail (2004a) – pg.27, paragraph 2.6.4
- ↑ Network Rail (2005a) – pg.9, paragraph 2.1.1
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Network Rail (2005a) – pg.9, paragraph 2.1.5
- ↑ Farringdon. Crossrail (28 October 2006).
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 To be added...
- ↑ Crossrail project: New Elizabeth line stations revealed (11 May 2016).
- ↑ To be added...
- ↑ Aplin, Lucy (24 May 2022). Why you need to switch Crossrail trains and when Elizabeth line opens in full.
- ↑ Network Rail – 'Kent & Sussex Sectional Appendix', LOR S0280, Seq 001, "Farringdon to City Thameslink" (last updated 31 December 2010)
- ↑ City Thameslink ('Powered Up' section). Thameslink Programme FAQ.
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