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Blackfriars station

Blackfriars London Underground National Rail
London Blackfriars
Blackfriars tube stn and Thameslink northern entrance 2012.JPG
Northern entrance on Queen Victoria Street after renovation in 2012
Blackfriars is located in Central London
Blackfriars
Blackfriars
Location of Blackfriars in Central London
Location Blackfriars
Local authority City of London
Managed by Thameslink;
London Underground
Owner Network Rail
Transport for London
Station code BFR
DfT category A
Number of platforms 6
Accessible Yes
Fare zone 1
OSI Mansion House London Underground
Temple London Underground
Blackfriars Millennium Pier London River Services
Southwark London Underground
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Increase 9.28 million
2013 Increase 12.09 million
2014 Increase 13.14 million
2015 Increase 13.70 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12 Increase 12.791 million
– interchange  Increase 1.059 million
2012–13 Increase 13.022 million
– interchange  Increase 1.309 million
2013–14 Increase 14.412 million
– interchange  Increase 1.365 million
2014–15 Increase 15.149 million
– interchange  Decrease 1.199 million
2015–16 Decrease 10.468 million
– interchange  Decrease 0.759 million
Railway companies
Original company London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Key dates
10 May 1886 (10 May 1886) Opened as St. Paul's (LC&DR)
30 May 1870 Opened (MDR)
1871 Extended east (MDR)
1872 Started "Outer Circle" (NLR)
1872 Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/MDR)
1900 Ended "Middle Circle"
1908 Ended "Outer Circle"
1937 Renamed as Blackfriars
1949 Started (Circle line)
Other information
Lists of stations
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WGS84 51°30′42″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5116°N 0.103°W / 51.5116; -0.103Coordinates: 51°30′42″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5116°N 0.103°W / 51.5116; -0.103
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Blackfriars, also known as London Blackfriars, is a central London railway station and connected London Underground station located in the City of London. Its platforms span the River Thames, occupying the length of Blackfriars Railway Bridge, a short distance downstream from Blackfriars Bridge. Since 2011 there have been station buildings, with passenger entrances, on both sides of the river; the north bank entrance is on the south side of Queen Victoria Street and the south bank entrance, opened in 2011, is adjacent to Blackfriars Road. It is the only London station to span the Thames, with entrances on both banks.

The main line station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway company with the name St. Paul's in 1886. The Underground station opened in 1870 with the arrival of the Metropolitan District Railway. The station was renamed Blackfriars in 1937. National Rail services are now provided by Southeastern and Thameslink while the Underground station is now served by both the District line and, since 1949, the Circle line. The Underground station was closed for renovation work for nearly three years between 2009 and 2012. The station falls within fare zone 1.

St. Paul's railway station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR) on 10 May 1886 when the company opened the St. Paul's Railway Bridge across the River Thames. The bridge was constructed parallel to the LC&DR's existing Blackfriars Railway Bridge, which had opened on 21 December 1864 and served to carry trains on the LC&DR's busy City Line from south London into the LC&DR stations at Ludgate Hill, Holborn Viaduct and, via the Snow Hill tunnel and a connection to the Metropolitan Railway near Farringdon, on to King's Cross and St Pancras stations.


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