Farringdon   | |
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 Thameslink and Elizabeth line station entrance seen in May 2022 | |
  Farringdon Location of Farringdon in Central London | |
| Location | Clerkenwell |
| Local authority | London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | Transport for London Network Rail |
| Station code(s) | ZFD |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 6 (2 Thameslink) (2 London Underground) (2 Elizabeth line) |
| Accessible | Yes[1][2] |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  25.92 million[3] |
| 2020 |  5.90 million[4] |
| 2021 | 8.50 million[5] |
| 2022 | 30.07 million[6] |
| 2023 | 40.07 million[7] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 | 15.087 million[8] |
| – interchange | 0.383 million[8] |
| 2019–20 | 16.497 million[8] |
| – interchange | 0.399 million[8] |
| 2020–21 | 2.643 million[8] |
| – interchange | 0.118 million[8] |
| 2021–22 | 6.865 million[8] |
| – interchange | 0.245 million[8] |
| 2022–23 | 31.460 million[8] |
| – interchange | 0.640 million[8] |
| Key dates | |
| 10 January 1863 | Opened as Farringdon Street |
| 23 December 1865 | Resited |
| 26 January 1922 | Renamed Farringdon & High Holborn |
| 21 April 1936 | Renamed Farringdon |
| 1 July 1936 | Goods yard closed[9] |
| 1982 | Electrified |
| May 1988 | Thameslink started |
| 21 March 2009 | Thameslink services to Moorgate discontinued |
| 24 May 2022 | Elizabeth line opened |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Underground station |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1298047[10] |
| Added to list | 17 May 1994 |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′14″N 00°06′18″W / 51.52056°N 0.10500°W |
 London transport portal | |
Farringdon is an interchange station located in Clerkenwell, London, England, in the London Borough of Islington, just outside the boundary of the City of London for London Underground, Elizabeth line and National Rail services.
The station is served by the Underground's Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines between King's Cross St Pancras and Barbican, the Elizabeth line between Tottenham Court Road and Liverpool Street, and the Thameslink route between St Pancras and City Thameslink.
Opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway, Farringdon is one of the oldest surviving underground railway stations in the world.
- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
- ^ Historic England. "Farringdon (1298047)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2012.