St. Paul's tube station
St. Paul's 
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Western entrance to St. Paul's (2009)
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 St. Paul's
Location of St. Paul's in Central London
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| Location | St Paul's |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 15.05 million |
| 2013 |
 16.44 million |
| 2014 |
17.54 million |
| 2015 |
17.37 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Central London Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 30 July 1900 | Opened as Post Office |
| 1 February 1937 | Renamed St. Paul's |
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| Lists of stations | |
| WGS84 | 51°30′53″N 0°05′51″W / 51.5148°N 0.0975°WCoordinates: 51°30′53″N 0°05′51″W / 51.5148°N 0.0975°W |
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St. Paul's is a London Underground station located in the City of London financial district. The station, which takes its name from the nearby St Paul's Cathedral, is on the Central line, between Bank and Chancery Lane stations, and is in fare zone 1.
It should not be confused with City Thameslink railway station which opened in 1990 with the name St. Paul's Thameslink, but is some distance from the Underground station. That station was subsequently renamed City Thameslink to avoid confusion for the emergency services, but for some years afterwards many maps and guidebooks in circulation continued to carry the earlier name.
The station was opened by the Central London Railway (CLR) on 30 July 1900 with the name Post Office, after the headquarters of the General Post Office on nearby St Martin's Le Grand. The name Post Office was possibly chosen instead of the more obvious St. Paul's to differentiate it from a South Eastern Railway (SER) station which already held that name (but which today is called Blackfriars).
The station entrance was originally located on the north side of Newgate Street, on the west side of the junction with King Edward Street, but was moved to the east when the station was modernised in the 1930s with an underground ticket hall and escalators. A modern ventilation shaft in the centre of the traffic island at the junction indicates the location of the original lift shafts. When the SER station called St. Paul's was renamed as Blackfriars in 1937, the Underground station called Post Office took the name St. Paul's, which it has kept ever since.
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