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Blackfriars London Underground National Rail
London Blackfriars
Blackfriars tube stn and Thameslink northern entrance 2012.JPG
Northern entrance on Queen Victoria Street after renovation in 2012
Location Blackfriars, Castle Baynard
Local authority City of London
Managed by Thameslink;
London Underground
Owner Network Rail
Transport for London
Station code BFR
DfT category A
Number of platforms 6 (4 National Rail)
(2 London Underground)
Accessible Yes
Fare zone 1
OSI Mansion House London Underground
Temple London Underground
Blackfriars Millennium Pier London River Services
Southwark London Underground
Railway companies
Original company London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Key dates
10 May 1886 (10 May 1886) Opened as St. Paul's (LC&DR)
30 May 1870 Opened (MDR)
1937 Renamed as Blackfriars
1977 Rebuilt (British Rail)
2012 Rebuilt (Thameslink)
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Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London. It is close to Blackfriars Bridge at the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The Underground station was closed until 2011 while refurbishment and major engineering works took place.

Blackfriars tube station building site
Blackfriars Underground station worksite during the Thameslink Programme rebuild

Blackfriars station is being rebuilt and the office building above it demolished and replaced as part of the Thameslink programme. The mainline station remained open during this work except for a period of two months around Christmas 2010 when trains passed through without stopping. The Underground station was closed until late 2011.

Images for kids

  • Extract of 1889 Railway Map Showing Ludgate Hill & Holborn Viaduct stations

    Early 20th century map showing Blackfriars station, then called St Paul's, and Blackfriars Bridge station south of the river, alongside Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct

  • Blackfriars SR railway station 1813714 2da99811

    View of the Southern Railway station in 1953 from a platform of the former Ludgate Hill

  • Old Blackfriars platforme

    Looking northwards at the 1977–2009 station from a departing train

  • London Blackfriars Station from Tate Modern

    Blackfriars' roof is covered with solar panels to generate electricity.

  • Blackfriars Railway Bridge, River Thames, London, England

    The stumps of the old railway bridge. The leftmost row of stumps were strengthened in 2009 to support the new station and bridge.

  • London Blackfriars from the Thames 2015

    Newly renovated Blackfriars station from the Thames

  • Blackfriars Station, looking south geograph-3262651-by-Ben-Brooksbank

    Blackfriars in 1989 with a Class 319 Thameslink train run by Network SouthEast with the Class 415 EPB in the old terminating platforms

  • Blackfriars station MMB 19

    View along the southbound platform spanning the River Thames

  • Blackfriars station (6960331031)

    Blackfriars Underground station in 2009, just before extensive refurbishment

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