Farringdon is a railway station in Central London with Thameslink services (between
London St Pancras International and
City Thameslink) and London Underground Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Line services (between
Kings Cross St Pancras and
Barbican). The station will also be a stop on the Elizabeth Line from 2022.
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| LU on the right, National Rail on the left |
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Thameslink)
Transport for London (Circle, Hammersmith &
City, Metropolitan and Elizabeth Lines) |
| Station code: |
ZFD |
| Opened: |
1863 |
| Platforms: |
6 |
The station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway in 1863 as
Farringdon Street and was the first Eastern terminus of the line, the world's first underground metro railway. The station was moved a short distance to it's current location in 1865 when the line was continued Eastwards to
Moorgate.
The station was renamed Farringdon & High Holborn [1] in 1922 when the current station building was built. The station was renamed to it's current name in 1936 (though still carries the previous name on the station building front (see below).
