Farringdon station

Farringdon
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
2018	22.79 million[3]
2019	25.92 million[4]
2020	5.90 million[5]
2021	8.50 million[6]
2022	30.07 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; 30 years ago (1994-05-17)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51°31′14″N 00°06′18″W / 51.52056°N 0.10500°W / 51.52056; -0.10500
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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.