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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). The station was relocated on 23 December 1865 when the Metropolitan Railway opened an extension to Moorgate .
Map of Zone 1 Underground stations, pre 2021. London is split into six approximately concentric zones. Zone 1 covers the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London, as well as Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East, Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo.
Farringdon Station was built close to Farringdon Road, and originally named Farringdon Street Station. [5] The presence of the railway station has led to the surrounding areas of southern Clerkenwell being referred to as Farringdon. Farringdon station under British Rail with a Network SouthEast livery British Rail Class 319 on a Thameslink service
Construction of the Metropolitan line near King's Cross station (1861) The Metropolitan Railway, also known as the Met, was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.
The London station group is a group of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London, England. The group contains all 14 terminal stations in central London, either serving major national services or local commuter routes, and 4 other through-stations that are considered terminals for ticketing purposes.
The Elizabeth line is a railway line that carries passengers across Greater London and nearby towns. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford; along the Great Western Main Line to Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west; and along ...
The station is on the Thameslink route between Blackfriars to the south and Farringdon to the north. The station opened in 1990 to replace Holborn Viaduct railway station . It was part of the Thameslink project that re-opened the Snow Hill Tunnel to provide a continuous north–south route across London.
C6 joins the A201 near Farringdon station, heading south on traffic-free cycle track on either side of Farringdon Road. Southbound cyclists cross Farringdon Road to the south of the Holborn Viaduct, where the route continues as a two-way bike freeway towards Blackfriars Bridge.