Farringdon station
Farringdon is a railway station in the London Borough of Islington. It is located in a recess on the Farringdon Road, close to the border with the City of London. Here keep the Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line and Metropolitan Line of the London Underground. There are bus operated by First Capital Connect Thameslink trains to Bedford, Luton, Brighton and Sutton. The Thameslink connection to Moorgate station was closed in 2009. In 2007 took 19.02 million subway passengers the located in the Travelcard Zone 1 station, added 1.492 million passengers by rail.
Plant
The route from Farringdon to King's Cross Railway runs along the river River Fleet, which was capped in 1812. The station building dates from the early 20th century and is one of the best preserved from this period. On the facade can be seen still the old station name Farringdon and High Holborn. An inscription " Parcel Office " ( Office package ) testifies to the ( ultimately unsuccessful ) ambitions of the Metropolitan Railway ( predecessor company of the Metropolitan Line) to rise to a major railway company.
On the Thameslink route is located in Farringdon Station of the system change from the current rail system in the south ( DC, 750 V) for AC voltage overhead line (25 kV, 50 Hz) in the north. Therefore, the tracks of Thameslink are equipped in the platform area with both catenary and power rail, the stop is according to or abgebügelt. Toward Moorgate ( Thameslink ) also consisted AC operation, so that no multi-system vehicles were needed.
History
The station was opened on 10 January 1863 as the eastern terminus of the first section of the Metropolitan Railway, the oldest subway line in the world. At that time he was called Farringdon Street and was a little west of the present location.
On December 23, 1865, when the Metropolitan Railway adopted the extension to Moorgate in operation, they moved the station to its current location. It was renamed on January 26, 1922 in Farringdon and High Holborn and received on 21 April 1936 still valid name. On January 1, 1866, the London, Chatham and Dover Railway took the leading in the direction of Blackfriars Snow Hill tunnel in operation. Between 1866 and 1868 completed the Metropolitan Railway their route between King's Cross and Moorgate to another pair of tracks, the Widened Lines. On her perverted suburban trains other railway companies in the City of London. Today Thameslink uses the Widened Lines, and the connection through the Snow Hill tunnel.
On November 2, 1874, the Great Northern Railway opened to freight station Farringdon. He lay on a narrow strip of land west of the passenger station. To 1891 inverted daily 13 freight trains on this station, 12 of them at night. 600 tons of goods per day handled, much of which fish, vegetables and potatoes were that were intended, among other things for the market in Covent Garden. The station was built in 1941 by German air raids severely damaged and decommissioned in January 1956. The warehouse was demolished in 1988; in its place was until 1992 an office building.
Projects
Especially during rush hour the train station is very busy and is reaching its capacity limits. As part of the Thameslink 2000 project its capacity should be increased, by the extension of the platforms. For this reason, had to be discontinued in March 2009, the railway traffic on the little-used branch line towards Moorgate.
After completion of the Crossrail project, which provides an S -Bahn tunnel in east-west direction, Farringdon is set to become an important transportation hub. The new underground station will come to lie between Farringdon Road and Charterhouse Square, south of the existing station. The area between the old and new station is to be converted into a pedestrian zone. It is believed that Crossrail will not be realized before 2017.