London Blackfriars

Blackfriars
London Blackfriars
Northern entrance on Queen Victoria Street after renovation in 2012
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 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 (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	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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

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.