City Thameslink railway station
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| City Thameslink | |||
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| Ludgate Hill entrance | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Holborn Viaduct | ||
| Local authority | City of London | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | CTK | ||
| Managed by | First Capital Connect | ||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 4.010 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 4.645 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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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at City Thameslink from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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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.
When Thameslink first opened, trains used the approach viaduct for Holborn Viaduct station to reach the Snow Hill tunnel. In preparation for that station's closure on 26 January 1990, a new line between Blackfriars station and the tunnel was constructed, this time on a different alignment slightly to the west and at a lower elevation, allowing buildings to be constructed on top. City Thameslink was built on the line as a replacement for Holborn Viaduct.[1]
The station is underground and accessed via lift and escalator from Ludgate Hill (south end) and Holborn Viaduct (north end).
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Due to the Thameslink franchise changing its branding to First Capital Connect on 1 April 2006, 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]
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[edit] Services
The station is served by trains on the Thameslink route, whose franchise has been operated by First Capital Connect since 2006. There are two main service patterns: fast trains on the Brighton to Bedford service, and stopping trains between St Albans or Luton and Wimbledon or Sutton. There are also terminating peak-hour services provided by Southeastern.
[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] References
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for City Thameslink railway station from National Rail
- City Thameslink railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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| 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 | ||
