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 | |
| External links | |
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 two months around Christmas 2010 when trains passed through without stopping. The Underground station was closed until late 2011.[5]
Blackfriars Station Media
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
View of the Southern Railway station in 1953 from a platform of the former Ludgate Hill
Looking northwards at the 1977–2009 station from a departing train
Blackfriars' roof is covered with solar panels to generate electricity.
The stumps of the old railway bridge. The leftmost row of stumps were strengthened in 2009 to support the new station and bridge.
Newly renovated Blackfriars station 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
Blackfriars Underground station in 2009, just before extensive refurbishment
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References
- ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ↑ "London and South East" (PDF). Rail Map for People with Reduced Mobility. National Rail. September 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ↑ Also known as 'London Blackfriars "Station Codes". National Rail. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. 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.
