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Farringdon
Central London transport hub open since 1863 with 3 underground lines & mainline rail links.
Address: Farringdon Station, Cowcross St, London EC1M 6BY, UK
State: Greater London
City: London
Zip Code: EC1M 6BY

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Reviews
Farringdon Station is a major transport hub in central London, offering seamless connections across the city. It serves the London Underground's Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines, as well as the Thameslink and Elizabeth line services. The station is fully step-free, featuring lifts and escalators for easy access. Recent upgrades have enhanced its capacity and facilities, making it a convenient and efficient choice for commuters and travelers alike.
Very clean and well-organized station. Easy to navigate with clear signs, elevators available, and good accessibility for wheelchair users or people with luggage. It connects multiple lines, including the Thameslink, which makes it super convenient—especially if you're heading to Gatwick Airport. One of the better stations I’ve used in London!
A great station with lots of connections.nnFarringdon is a London Underground and connected main line National Rail station in Clerkenwell, London, England , in the London Borough of Islington, just outside the boundary of the City of London. Opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway, Farringdon is one of the oldest surviving underground railway stations in the world.nnThe 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 a short distance from the present station building. The line ran from the Farringdon area to Paddington, a distance of 4 mi 6 km.nnThe 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[10] facing Cowcross Street was opened, and its present name was adopted on 21 April 1936.[11] 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.nnThe station frontage carrying the name Farringdon & High Holborn, 1989.nThe lines from Farringdon towards King's Cross St. Pancras run alongside the Fleet ditch, culverted since 1734.[12] 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.nnAfter the bay platforms at Blackfriars 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.[13] Thameslink trains to Moorgate ceased at the same time.nnRecent and current developmentsneditnnFarringdon 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.nnOnce all these projects have been completed, Farringdon will be one of the country's busiest stations with approximately 200 tph, 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.nnAn additional entrance has also been built at the north end of the original station, onto Turnmill Street .
Farringdon has gone from under used Thameslink and tube stop on the edge of the city to a mega transport hub in just a few years.nEvery train on the Metroploitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines tube stops here, on platforms 1 & 2. On the adjacent platforms 3 & 4, every Thameslink service through central London, from Bedford, Cambridge, Peterborough and Luton Airport north of London to Brighton, East Grinstead, Horsham, north Kent and Gatwick Airport in the south. Crossing this at right angles and an escalator ride below is the Elizabeth link, linking east and west London with Heathrow airport. You can probably travel nearly 30 miles in all directions on just your Oyster card from here. A well connected hub
Elizabeth Line is Open!nAnd wow! What a station this is, new pristine platforms and a brilliant long train that is very hard to get overcrowded! It is amazing!nnThe Thameslink platforms can be a bit narrow especially towards the back end of the station, which does knock it off the rankings by a bit but the easy quick access to the London Underground is remarkable and not only that but also the easy access to the Elizabeth Line! 1 lift straight down.nnThe London Underground is basically the same and the platforms aren't as narrow as Thameslink's are in some areas.nnThe Elizabeth line is completely new and has a similar style station to Tottenham Court Road, #PURPLETRAIN WOO!, We are loving this line! And it makes travel from stations like this so much more efficient. The platforms are super long and there is an entrance and exit at barbican that includes an incline lift which are super cool and a lot less scary then a normal lift!nnOverall, This station is wonderful and is very safe and easy to access and I would highly recommend using it, if you are thinking of a new route!
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Farringdon Underground Station 20 meters
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Hammersmith & City
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Farringdon 30 meters
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Farringdon Station 90 meters
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Clerkenwell Green 240 meters
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Snow Hill 250 meters
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