The London station group is a ring of eighteen stations served by the National Rail network in central London, England. Most are terminal stations, although a few are through stations or have a combination of terminal and through platforms. Each distinct station is a notional "common location" to which tickets from stations outside that group would be issued. The station group is rendered on tickets as London Terminals.[1]
All current stations in the group are in London fare zone 1. The large number of terminal stations is explained by the refusal of Parliament to allow railway lines to enter the centre of London in the 19th century, causing them to form a ring, connected by underground railways.[2] The majority of the larger stations managed by Network Rail are in the group.[3]
Group members
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The group currently includes:[1]
- City Thameslink[1]
- London Blackfriars[2]
- London Bridge[3]
- London Cannon Street
- London Charing Cross
- London Euston
- London Fenchurch Street
- London Kings Cross
- London Liverpool Street
- London Marylebone
- London Paddington
- London St Pancras International[4]
- London Victoria
- London Waterloo
- London Waterloo East
- Moorgate
- Old Street
- Vauxhall
Former membersEdit
- London Broad Street (closed 1986)
- London Holborn Viaduct (closed 1990)
- Kensington Olympia (withdrawn 1994)[4]
- Kings Cross Thameslink[5] (closed 2007)
Station statistics Edit
See alsoEdit
FootnotesEdit
- ^a for Thameslink from the north only[1]
- ^b for Thameslink from the south only[1]
- ^c does not include London Underground
- ^d from 08/09, King's Cross Thameslink passengers are grouped with St Pancras. In addition, full Eurostar services began from St Pancras on Dec 09 2007.
- ^e international and domestic category A; Thameslink category C[7]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Section A. National Fares Manual 98. Association of Train Operating Companies. Retrieved on 2 January 2010.[dead link]
- ↑ Wolmar, Christian (2004). The Subterranean Railway. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1843540231.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Stations Run by Network Rail. Network Rail. Retrieved on 2 January 2010.
- ↑ National Fares Manual 57, 29 May 1994
- ↑ Section A. National Fares Manual 97. Association of Train Operating Companies. Retrieved on 2 January 2010.[dead link]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Station usage. Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Part D: Annexes. Better Rail Stations. Department for Transport (2009). Retrieved on 2 April 2010.
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