Blackfriars station
Blackfriars station[4] is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London. It is close to Blackfriars Bridge at the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The Underground station was closed until 2011 while refurbishment and major engineering works took place.
| London Blackfriars | |
 Northern entrance on Queen Victoria Street after renovation in 2012 | |
| Location | Blackfriars, Castle Baynard |
|---|---|
| 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 (4 National Rail) (2 London Underground) |
| Accessible | Yes [1][2] |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Southwark  Bankside exit only [3]Blackfriars Millennium Pier  |
| 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) |
| 1 February 1937 | Renamed as Blackfriars |
| 30 November 1977 | Rebuilt (British Rail) |
| 20 February 2012 | Rebuilt (Thameslink) |
| Other information | |
| Lists of stations | |
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Demolishment
| March 2009 | Station closed | ||
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| July 2009 | Resition | ||
| December 2011 | Station reopening consulated | ||
| February 2012 | Station reopened on 20 February | ||
| July 2012 | Resition finished |
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Blackfriars station is being rebuilt and the office building above it demolished and replaced as part of the Thameslink programme. The mainline station remained open during this work except for a period of around two months around Christmas 2010 when trains passed through without stopping. The Underground station was closed until late 2011.[5]
Blackfriars Station Media
- Blackfriars_Station_sign
Early 20th century map showing Blackfriars station, then called St Paul's, and Blackfriars Bridge station south of the river, alongside Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct
Southern Railway's St Paul's station (left) seen from the platform of Ludgate Hill (c. 1953)
Looking northwards at the 1977–2009 station from a departing train
Blackfriars's roof is covered with solar panels to generate electricity.
The stumps of the old railway bridge. The rightmost row of stumps were strengthened in 2009 to support the new station and bridge.
Newly renovated Blackfriars station seen from the Thames
Blackfriars in 1989 with a Class 319 Thameslink train run by Network SouthEast with the Class 415 EPB in the old terminating platforms
View along the southbound platform spanning the River Thames
References
- ↑ Step free Tube Guide (December 2009)Transport for London. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ↑ London and South East. Rail Map for People with Reduced Mobility (September 2006)National Rail. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ Out of Station Interchanges (16 June 2020)Transport for London. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ↑ Also known as 'London Blackfriars Station CodesNational Rail. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ↑ Blackfriars Underground station to close for redevelopment. Transport for London. 2008-08-05. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/8944.aspx. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
