Farringdon station facts for kids
The Thameslink Class 387 at platform 3 of Farringdon station with a Southbound service
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 Farringdon station
Location of Farringdon station in Greater London
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| Location | Farringdon |
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| Local authority | City of London |
| Managed by | Thameslink London Underground |
| Station code | ZFD |
| Number of platforms | 4 (2 National Rail and 2 London Underground) |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 1 |
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| 10 January 1863 | Opened |
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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.
Current developments
Farringdon will, from 2017, be one of the country's busiest stations (if not the busiest station) by number of trains passing through, being served by both Crossrail and the upgraded Thameslink route, as well as the existing Underground lines.
Thameslink upgrade
Farringdon station has been renovated, to allow longer Thameslink trains to fit, and to make other improvements to the station. The existing station building will be given a new roof canopy, and a new entrance and concourse facing Turnmill Street. Platforms will be made wider and longer, which will require the Cowcross Street bridge pillars to be moved. The bridge, along with the Cardinal Tower building, will be torn down and rebuilt once the pillars have been shifted.Cowcross Street will be made into a street for pedestrians only. Lifts will be provided throughout.
The existing ticket hall and concourse will be re-built. Interchange within the station will be improved by means of removing the existing interchange bridge and installing new stairs and lifts with access to all four platforms, thereby allowing disabled passengers to use the station.
Extending the platforms towards the north could not be done due mainly due to the steep gradient (1 in 27) of the Thameslink line immediately north of Farringdon. The platforms therefore had to be extended to the south, cutting off the two-station branch to Moorgate. As a result, since Christmas 2009 Thameslink trains no longer call at Barbican and Moorgate stations, but London Underground still serve those stations.
The new station is designed by the architects from the firm Aukett Fitzroy Robinson.
Crossrail development
A 'Farringdon' Crossrail station is being built between Farringdon and Barbican underground (tube) stations and it will have interchanges with both of them. Access at the Farringdon end will be via the new Thameslink ticket hall. Work will not be complete until 2017.
Images for kids
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The Metropolitan Railway's second Farringdon station, 1866.
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The station frontage carrying the name Farringdon & High Holborn, 1989.
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A Class 319 heads south from Farringdon. On the left is the blocked-off City Widened Line branch to Moorgate, closed as part of the Thameslink Programme.
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Eastbound Elizabeth line platform at Farringdon
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With the opening of the Elizabeth line, Farringdon is the interchange at the crossroad between the north-south Thameslink and the new west-east Elizabeth line
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Warning to drivers heading south from Farringdon in August 2012
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A Network SouthEast livery British Rail Class 319 in the station switching power supply.
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A Metropolitan line S Stock train departing Platform 1 with an Eastbound service to Aldgate
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Farringdon is in the core of the Thameslink network, and is served by Thameslink. These Class 377 Electrostar units as well as Class 319 used to operate over the Bedford to Brighton route, however they have been replaced with Class 700 trains.
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Underground trains at Farringdon Station
See also
In Spanish: Estación de Farringdon para niños
