Farringdon station

Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, located just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. 

It adjaced Kings Cross St. Pancras, St. Pancras International, Barbican and City Thameslink. When Crossrail opens Farringdon will serve its station between Tottenham Court Road and Barbican/Moorgate/Liverpool Street.

Crossrail will stack when the Abbey Wood branch of the Elizabeth line opens. 

It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

 Current developments 
Farringdon will, from 2017, be one of the country's busiest stations (if not the busiest station) by number of trains passing through, being served by both Crossrail and the upgraded Thameslink route, as well as the existing Underground lines.Railway Herald  PDF - see page 7

 Thameslink upgrade 
Farringdon station has been renovated, to allow longer Thameslink trains to fit, and to make other improvements to the station. The existing station building will be given a new roof canopy, and a new entrance and concourse facing Turnmill Street. Platforms will be made wider and longer, which will require the Cowcross Street bridge pillars to be moved. The bridge, along with the Cardinal Tower building, will be torn down and rebuilt once the pillars have been shifted.Network Rail (2004a) - pg.27, paragraph 2.6.5Cowcross Street will be made into a street for pedestrians only. Lifts will be provided throughout.

The existing ticket hall and concourse will be re-built.Network Rail (2004a) - page 27, paragraph 2.6.3 Interchange within the station will be improved by means of removing the existing interchange bridge and installing new stairs and lifts with access to all four platforms, thereby allowing disabled passengers to use the station.Network Rail (2004a) - pg.27, paragraph 2.6.4

Extending the platforms towards the north could not be done due mainly due to the steep gradient (1 in 27) of the Thameslink line immediately north of Farringdon.Network Rail (2005a) - pg.9, paragraph 2.1.5 The platforms therefore had to be extended to the south, cutting off the two-station branch to Moorgate.Network Rail (2005a) - pg.9, paragraph 2.1.1 As a result, since Christmas 2009 Thameslink trains no longer call at Barbican and Moorgate stations, but London Underground still serve those stations.

The new station is designed by the architects from the firm Aukett Fitzroy Robinson.

 Crossrail development 
A 'Farringdon' Crossrail station is being built between Farringdon and Barbican underground (tube) stations and it will have interchanges with both of them.Crossrail  - Farringdon (PDF). 28 October 2006 Access at the Farringdon end will be via the new Thameslink ticket hall. Work will not be complete until 2017.Crossrail website  accessed 18 Jul 2010

 References 

Category:Railway stations in London
Category:Circle line stations
Category:Hammersmith & City line stations
Category:Metropolitan line stations
Category:Tube stations in the London Borough of Islington
Category:1863 establishments in England
Category:Railway stations opened in 1863