Blackfriars station
railway station in the City of London, England, UK
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.
Blackfriars   | |
|---|---|
| London Blackfriars | |
 Northern entrance on Queen Victoria Street after renovation in 2012 | |
  Blackfriars Location of Blackfriars in Central London | |
| 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 | 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°30′42″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5116°N 0.103°W |
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]
References
change- ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
- ↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ↑ "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ↑ Also known as 'London Blackfriars "Station Codes". National Rail. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|archivedate=and|archive-date=specified (help); More than one of|archiveurl=and|archive-url=specified (help) - ↑ "Blackfriars Underground station to close for redevelopment". Transport for London. 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
