Fenchurch street railway station

Fenchurch Street
London Fenchurch Street
Main entrance on Fenchurch Place
Fenchurch Street Location of Fenchurch Street in Central London
Location	Tower
Local authority	City of London
Managed by	c2c
Station code	FST
DfT category	A
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1
OSI	Aldgate Bank-Monument Liverpool Street Tower Gateway Tower Hill
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	16.937 million
2012–13	16.843 million
2013–14	18.244 million
2014–15	17.598 million
2015–16	18.045 million
Railway companies
Original company	London and Blackwall Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1841	Opened
1854	Rebuilt
1935	Remodelled
Listed status
Listed feature	Front block
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1079149
Added to list	14 April 1972
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°30′42″N 0°04′44″W / 51.51167°N 0.07881°W / 51.51167; -0.07881Coordinates: 51°30′42″N 0°04′44″W / 51.51167°N 0.07881°W / 51.51167; -0.07881

Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London. It takes its name from its proximity to Fenchurch Street, a key thoroughfare in the City. The station and all trains are operated by c2c. Services run on lines built by the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) to destinations in east London and south Essex, including Upminster, Grays, Basildon, Southend and Shoeburyness.

The station opened in 1841 to serve the L&BR and was rebuilt in 1854 when the LTSR, a joint venture between the L&BR and the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR), began operating. The ECR also operated trains out of Fenchurch Street to relieve congestion at its other London terminus at Bishopsgate. In 1862 the Great Eastern Railway was created by amalgamating various East Anglian railway companies (including the ECR) and it shared the station with the LTSR until 1912, when the latter was bought by the Midland Railway. The station came under ownership of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) following the Railways Act 1921, and was shared by LNER and London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) services until nationalisation in 1948. The line from the station was electrified in 1961, and controversially closed for seven weeks in 1994.