Blackfriars station
railway station in the City of London, England, UK / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackfriars station[10] 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.
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Blackfriars | |
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London Blackfriars | |
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 Blackfriars Millennium Pier [3] |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2017 | 14.83 million[4] |
2018 | 11.75 million[5] |
2019 | 15.53 million[6] |
2020 | 2.89 million[7] |
2021 | 4.80 million[8] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2017–18 | 10.802 million[9] |
– interchange | 0.920 million[9] |
2018–19 | 12.140 million[9] |
– interchange | 2.660 million[9] |
2019–20 | 12.993 million[9] |
– interchange | 2.932 million[9] |
2020–21 | 2.100 million[9] |
– interchange | 0.581 million[9] |
2021–22 | 5.982 million[9] |
– interchange | 1.500 million[9] |
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) |
1 February 1937 | Renamed as Blackfriars |
30 November 1977 | Rebuilt (British Rail) |
20 February 2012 | Rebuilt (Thameslink) |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51.5116°N 0.103°W / 51.5116; -0.103 |
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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 two months around Christmas 2010 when trains passed through without stopping. The Underground station was closed until late 2011.[11]