London Blackfriars   | |
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 Northern entrance on Queen Victoria Street after renovation in 2012 | |
  London Blackfriars Location of London Blackfriars in Central London | |
| Location | Blackfriars, Castle Baynard |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Managed by | |
| Owner | |
| Station code(s) | BFR |
| DfT category | A |
| Number of platforms | 6 total:
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| Accessible | Yes[1][2] |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Southwark (Bankside exit)  Blackfriars Millennium Pier  [3] |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  15.53 million[4] |
| 2020 |  2.89 million[5] |
| 2021 | 4.80 million[6] |
| 2022 | 9.41 million[7] |
| 2023 | 9.95 million[8] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 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] |
| 2022–23 | 12.905 million[9] |
| – interchange | 7.722 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 | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′42″N 0°06′11″W / 51.5116°N 0.103°W |
 London transport portal | |
Blackfriars, also known as London Blackfriars, is a central London railway station and connected London Underground station in the City of London. It provides Thameslink services: local (from North to South London), and regional (Bedford and Cambridge to Brighton) and limited Southeastern commuter services to South East London and Kent. Its platforms span the River Thames, the only station in London to do so, along the length of Blackfriars Railway Bridge, a short distance downstream from Blackfriars Bridge. There are two station entrances – one on each side of the Thames – along with a connection to the London Underground District and Circle lines.
The main line station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway with the name St. Paul's in 1886, as a replacement for the earlier Blackfriars Bridge station (now the present station's southern entrance) and the earlier Blackfriars railway bridge. This increased capacity of rail traffic through the Snow Hill tunnel to the rest of the rail network. The Underground station opened in 1870 with the arrival of the Metropolitan District Railway. The station was renamed Blackfriars in 1937 to avoid confusion with St Paul's tube station. It was rebuilt in the 1970s, which included the addition of office space above the station and the closure of the original railway bridge, which was demolished in 1985.
In 2009, the station underwent major refurbishments to improve capacity, which included the extension of the platforms across the railway bridge and a new station entrance on the South Bank. The underground station was rebuilt at the same time, and work was completed in 2012. The nearest museum is the Tate Modern which is 550 yards (0.5 km) from the station.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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