Barbican tube station

Barbican London Underground
A picture of a railway station in a city taken from an elevated concrete platform, sheltered in the background, with two sets of two tracks each and sheltered platforms on either side. A man and a woman are sitting on a wooden bench in the foreground facing left. In the background the tracks disappear into two tunnel portals. Brick buildings rise on all three sides of the cutting; two large concrete towers rise behind them in the centre and on the right.
View of Barbican station platforms, with the Barbican Estate towers in the background, 2014
Barbican is located in Central London
Barbican
Barbican
Location of Barbican in Central London
LocationBarbican
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms4 (2 in use)
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 10.47 million[1]
2020Decrease 2.54 million[2]
2021Increase 3.47 million[3]
2022Increase 5.36 million[4]
2023Decrease 5.19 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2006–07 0.045 million[6]
2007–08Increase 0.052 million[6]
2008–09Decrease 0 (closed) million[6]
Key dates
23 December 1865 (23 December 1865)Opened as Aldersgate Street[7][8]
1 November 1910Renamed Aldersgate[7][8]
24 October 1924Renamed Aldersgate & Barbican[7][8]
1 December 1968Renamed Barbican[7][8][9]
1976Services from Great Northern line via Widened Lines ceased
1982Electrified services from Bedford commenced
2009Thameslink services ceased
24 May 2022Opened access to Farringdon (Elizabeth line)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°31′13″N 0°05′52″W / 51.5202°N 0.0977°W / 51.5202; -0.0977
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Barbican is a London Underground station situated near the Barbican Estate, on the edge of the ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London in Central London. It has been known by various names since its opening in 1865, mostly in reference to the neighbouring ward of Aldersgate.

The station is served by the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, and is situated between Farringdon and Moorgate stations, in Travelcard Zone 1.[10] Platform 2, serving westbound trains, is connected by a single lift to Farringdon station on the Elizabeth line. Until 2009 Barbican was additionally served by Thameslink services to and from Moorgate.[11]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  7. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 14
  8. ^ a b c d Hywel, Williams (2004). "Renamed Stations". Underground History. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  9. ^ Butt (1995), page 26
  10. ^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Taking a look inside Crossrail's Farringdon station". www.ianvisits.co.uk. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2022.