Barbican tube station

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Barbican is a London Underground station serving the Barbican Centre in the City of London, England. It is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. It is between Farringdon and Moorgate. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. First Capital Connect trains used to stop at this station on their way to Moorgate station, but this stopped in March 2009. The outbound service calling here was abandoned many years before.

Barbican London Underground
Barbican tube station MMB 02.jpg
Looking east along the platforms.
LocationBarbican
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byLondon Underground
Station codeZBB
Number of platforms2
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2009Decrease 9.261 million[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2006–070.045 million[2]
Key dates
23 December 1865 (23 December 1865)Opened as Aldersgate Street[3]
1 November 1910Renamed as Aldersgate[3]
24 October 1924Renamed as Aldersgate and Barbican[3]
1 December 1968Renamed as Barbican[3][4]
1976Services from Great Northern via Widened Lines cease.
1982Electrified services from Bedford line commence
2009Thameslink services cease
Other information
Lists of stations
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Service patterns

Preceding station     London Underground   Following station
towards Hammersmith
Circle line
towards Tower Hill
towards Hammersmith
Hammersmith & City line
towards Barking
Metropolitan line
towards Aldgate
Disused railways
Farringdon   First Capital Connect
Thameslink
Peak Hours Only
  London Moorgate

Gallery

Barbican Tube Station Media

References

  1. "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2009". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Butt (1995), page 14
  4. Butt (1995), page 26

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