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Coordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°06′19″W / 51.520°N 0.1053°W Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington.
[edit] ServicesThe London Underground part of the station is served by Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle Line services, the stations on either side being King's Cross St. Pancras and Barbican. Farringdon is also served by First Capital Connect trains from Brighton to Bedford, calling at Gatwick Airport, or from Luton to Sutton or Wimbledon. The stations on either side are City Thameslink and St Pancras International. Until 20 March 2009 some First Capital Connect weekday peak-hour trains ran into Moorgate and terminated there rather than continuing south to Blackfriars and beyond. These services were withdrawn to allow the platforms to be extended to take 12-coach trains. The extended platforms will be built over the junction for the former Moorgate branch line: there is no room on the north side for any extension because the tracks leave the station on a downward gradient. Passengers can still travel from Farringdon to Barbican and Moorgate using the parallel London Underground service. Farringdon is in Transport for London's Travelcard Zone 1. [edit] HistoryThe station was opened on 10 January 1863 as the terminus of the original Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground metro line. The station, initially named Farringdon Street, was originally located a short distance from today's building. The line ran from Farringdon to Paddington, a distance of 4 miles (6 km). The station was relocated on 23 December 1865 when the Metropolitan Railway opened an extension to Moorgate. It was renamed Farringdon and High Holborn on 26 January 1922, and its present name on 21 April 1936.[3] The lines from Farringdon to King's Cross station run alongside the now culverted Fleet River, which was above ground here until 1812. The station building is an unusually well-preserved piece of early 20th-century London Underground architecture; it still has its original signage (with the name "Farringdon and High Holborn" on the facade) and other indications of the Metropolitan Railway's original operation like the main line companies, with a sign for a "Parcel Office" surviving on the exterior wall. After the bay platforms at London Blackfriars closed in March 2009, Southeastern services which previously terminated at Blackfriars were extended to Kentish Town, St Albans, Luton or Bedford, calling at this station.[4] Through First Capital Connect services to Moorgate ceased at the same time. Train services south of Blackfriars services are operated by Southeastern, north of Blackfriars by First Capital Connect. There are plans to increase the station's passenger capacity as part of the Thameslink Programme. Work on replacing the footbridge started during late 2008. The new Turnmill Street entrance/exit opened on Monday 23 March 2009. It is an exit-only for the morning peak and entrance-only for the evening peak. [edit] PlansAs part of the Thameslink Programme an additional ticket hall will be built on the south side of Cowcross Street providing access to the Thameslink platforms, which will be extended southwards underneath this building, allowing the station to handle 240m (12-car) trains. Works will begin in 2009 with the demolition of Cardinal Tower, a 12 storey office building currently on the site, and will be completed by the end of 2011. The new building is being commissioned from architects firm Aukett Fitzroy Robinson.[5] The existing station building will be refurbished and a new roof canopy added to cover the north end of all four platforms. A permanent new entrance and concourse facing Turnmill Street will be created, and lifts will be provided throughout. It is planned to locate a "Farringdon" Crossrail station between Farringdon and Barbican stations, with interchanges to both.[6]. Access at the Farringdon end will be via the new Thameslink ticket hall. Work, although authorised, has yet to start and completion of Crossrail is not anticipated until 2017[7]. [edit] Dual supplyFarringdon Station is also notable because the First Capital Connect trains, whilst standing at the platform, switch between the 25kV AC overhead supply used to the north of London, and the 750V DC third rail supply used to the south. The trains that formerly ran to Moorgate used 25kV AC throughout their journeys. The Underground trains use the four-rail 630V DC system. Until the start of the Thameslink Programme, southbound trains which experienced a fault preventing them from switching to DC would be terminated at Farringdon and stabled at Moorgate to prevent them from blocking the Thameslink corridor. However once Farringdon's platforms are extended southwards the Moorgate branch will be cut off, so the catenary is being extended to City Thameslink to enable trains to use the new crossover in Snow Hill tunnel and return northwards[8]. Farringdon will remain the point for changeover of Traction current. [edit] Nearest places[edit] Service patterns
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