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Location: Holborn Viaduct / Ludgate Circus
Local authority: City of London
Managed by: First Capital Connect
Station code: CTK
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| Southern entrance on Ludgate Hill |
City Thameslink railway station
City Thameslink is a railway station in the City of London, England. The platforms are underground with a southern entrance on Ludgate Hill just off Ludgate Circus, and a northern entrance on Holborn Viaduct. It is in Zone 1 on the Thameslink route between Blackfriars and Farringdon. Although a through station, for ticketing purposes it is considered a central London railway terminus for journeys to and from the south.
Before its 1990 opening its site was the intended for Ludgate Circus station on the Fleet Line (now Jubilee Line) until that project was abandoned in the late 1970s.
History of City Thameslink railway station:
The station opened on 29 May 1990 as St Paul's Thameslink. The name was changed in 1991, to avoid confusion with St. Paul's London Underground station (Central Line), which is several hundred yards away on the other side of St Paul's Cathedral.
When the Thameslink line first opened, trains used the approach viaduct for Holborn Viaduct station to reach the Snow Hill tunnel. In preparation for that station's closure on 26 January 1990, a new line between Blackfriars station and the tunnel was constructed, this time on a different alignment slightly to the east and at a lower elevation, allowing buildings to be constructed on top. City Thameslink was built on the line as a replacement for Holborn Viaduct station.
Due to the planned routing of the Fleet Line under the site, part of the station was built to allow a future interchange. This can be seen in the wide spaces on the Ludgate end of the station, where large doors open on to a corridor intended to lead to escalators to a Underground concourse level.
When the Thameslink franchise was given to First Capital Connect on 1 April 2006 the Thameslink service was initially re-branded however City Thameslink station was not re-branded. By late 2010 FCC reverted to branding its services Thameslink.
As part of the Thameslink Programme, an upgrade of City Thameslink station was completed in October 2010. The platforms were made ready for future 12-car trains, and the passenger information system improved. New lighting and ticket gates were installed.......Wikipedia >>
