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Barbican is a London Underground station situated near the Barbican Estate, on the edge of the ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London in Central London. It has been known by various names since its opening in 1865, mostly in reference to the neighbouring ward of Aldersgate .
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. [1] The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions .
The 1933 London Underground Beck map shows a Metropolitan line north of High Street Kensington and Mark Lane stations and a District line south of these points. [21] On the 1947 map, the Metropolitan and District lines were shown together in the same colour [22] and two years later in 1949 the Circle line was shown separately on the map. [23]
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.
NCP car park in Brewer Street, London. NCP was founded in 1931 by Colonel Frederick Lucas. In October 1948 Sir Ronald Hobson, together with his business partner Sir Donald Gosling, founded Central Car Parks when the pair invested £200 in a bombsite in Holborn, Central London to create a car park. In 1959 Central Car Parks took over NCP from ...
The Barbican Highwalks(including the new London Wall walkways) Blackfriars / Baynard House pedway; Peter's Hill pedway (all at ground level) Fyefoot Lane pedway; Suffolk Lane pedway; Swan Lane pedway (all that remains of this pedway is a staircase to a landing) Pudding Lane pedway; Bishopsgate pedways; Middlesex Street Estate (currently no ...
These were arranged as 4-car units which could operate as 4- or 8-car trains. [40] Four-car units operated on the East London line from 1977, and a 4-car unit operated the Chesham shuttle. [22] In 1968, an order was placed for 35 six-car trains to replace the CP and CO stock on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines.
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.It is in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and densely populated by financial institutions, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) north east of Charing Cross. [1]