Blackfriars | |
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London Blackfriars | |
Northern entrance on Queen Victoria Street after renovation in 2012
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Location of Blackfriars in Central London
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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 Temple Blackfriars Millennium Pier Southwark |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 9.28 million |
2013 | 12.09 million |
2014 | 13.14 million |
2015 | 13.70 million |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2011–12 | 12.791 million |
– interchange | 1.059 million |
2012–13 | 13.022 million |
– interchange | 1.309 million |
2013–14 | 14.412 million |
– interchange | 1.365 million |
2014–15 | 15.149 million |
– interchange | 1.199 million |
2015–16 | 10.468 million |
– interchange | 0.759 million |
Railway companies | |
Original company | London, Chatham and Dover Railway |
Key dates | |
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°WCoordinates: 51°30′42″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5116°N 0.103°W |
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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.