City Thameslink railway station
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City Thameslink | |||
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Location | |||
Place | Holborn Viaduct | ||
Local authority | City of London | ||
Operations | |||
Managed by | First Capital Connect | ||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||
Platforms in use | 2 | ||
National Rail | |||
Station code | CTK | ||
Annual entry/exit |
4.010 million * | ||
Transport for London | |||
Zone | 1 | ||
History | |||
Key dates | Opened 1990 | ||
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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* based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF) | |||
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City Thameslink is an underground National Rail station in the City of London, at the point where Fleet Street becomes Ludgate Hill. It is in Zone 1, between Blackfriars and Farringdon, on the Thameslink route. It was the intended location of Ludgate Circus station on the Fleet Line (now Jubilee Line) until that project was abandoned in the late 1970s.
The station opened on 29 May 1990 as St Paul's Thameslink. The name was changed in 1991, apparently to avoid confusion with St Paul's London Underground station, which is several hundred yards away on the other side of St Paul's Cathedral.
City Thameslink station replaced Holborn Viaduct station, a terminus close to Holborn Viaduct itself and which closed on 26 January 1990. It is where Snow Hill/Holborn Viaduct - Low Level station used to be.
The station is underground and accessed via lift and escalator from Ludgate Hill (south end) and Holborn Viaduct (north end).
The station is served by trains on the Thameslink route, whose franchise has been taken over by First Capital Connect. There are also terminating peak-hour services provided by Southeastern.
Due to the Thameslink franchise changing its branding to First Capital Connect, there was speculation that this station and others with Thameslink in the name might be re-named. Whilst this has not yet occurred, it appears that FCC instructed staff to remove all reference to the previous Thameslink brand from trains, and this has led to some overzealous staff blanking out Thameslink from station names on maps, with City Thameslink appearing as just City.[citation needed]
[edit] Transport connections
London Buses routes 4, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 76, 100, 172 and night bus routes N11, N15, N21, N26, N47 and N76 serve the Ludgate Hill entrance to the station. Routes 8, 25, 242, 521 and night bus route N8 serve the Holborn Viaduct entrance.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for City Thameslink railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of City Thameslink railway station from Multimap.com
- Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
- Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
- Aerial image from TerraServer
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Farringdon | First Capital Connect Thameslink Mondays-Saturdays only |
London Blackfriars | ||
Terminus | Southeastern Monday-Friday peak hours only |
London Blackfriars |
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