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  2. Farringdon station - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Farringdon, London - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. List of stations in London fare zone 1 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Barbican tube station - Wikipedia

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    The station, which has no surface building, [16] had its name shortened to Aldersgate on 1 November 1910 [7] [8] and was renamed again on 24 October 1924 as Aldersgate & Barbican, [7] [8] although tube maps and London A to Zs continued to show it as Aldersgate. [17] On 1 December 1968 the station's name was simplified to Barbican. [7] [8] [9]

  6. Metropolitan Railway - Wikipedia

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    Montage of the Metropolitan Railway's stations from The Illustrated London News December 1862, the month before the railway opened. The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) [a] was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.

  7. Cowcross Street - Wikipedia

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    Farringdon station faces onto both sides of Cowcross Street. The Hope, Cowcross Street. The Hope is a late 19th-century Grade II listed public house at 94 Cowcross Street. [2] The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) is based at 70 Cowcross Street. [3]

  8. Hammersmith & City line - Wikipedia

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    Between Farringdon and Aldgate East it skirts the City of London, the capital's financial heart, hence the line's name. Its tunnels are just below the surface and are a similar size to those on British main lines. Most of the track and all stations are shared with the Circle, District or Metropolitan lines. Over 141 million passenger journeys ...

  9. Widened Lines - Wikipedia

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    The extension to Aldersgate Street and Moorgate Street (now Barbican and Moorgate) opened on 23 December 1865, [12] and all four lines were open on 1 March 1866. [13] The parallel tracks from King's Cross to Farringdon, first used by a GNR freight train on 27 January 1868, [14] entered a second Clerkenwell tunnel before dropping at a gradient of 1 in 100, passing under the Ray Street Gridiron ...