Cannon Street station facts for kids

Front of the original station building, ~1910

Cannon Street station is a central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex in the City of London, the financial district of London. It is built on the site of the mediaeval Steelyard, the trading base in England of the Hanseatic League. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

Rail

This is a terminal station approached across the River Thames by the Cannon Street Railway Bridge, with entrances from Cannon Street and Dowgate Hill. Its approach by rail is by a triangular connection to both London Bridge station and Charing Cross station. Cannon Street is one of seventeen UK railway stations managed by Network Rail.

Original structure

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway on 1 September 1866. The original station building had two Wren-style towers, 23 ft (7.0 m) square and 135 ft (41 m) high, which faced on to the River Thames. The towers supported a 700 ft (210 m) long iron train shed crowned by a high single arch, almost semicircular, of glass and iron. To this was joined in 1867 an Italianate style hotel and forecourt. These gave passenger facilities, as well as an impressive frontage onto the street.

Images for kids

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  Cannon Street Railway Bridge, 2005

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  Original station viewed from the railway bridge, c. 1910

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  The station in 1923, in an etching by Ian Strang

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  Cannon Street station in 1969, showing the easterly of the twin towers

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  John Poulson's office block in 2007 prior to redevelopment

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  The Plumber's Apprentice by Martin Jennings, unveiled in 2011 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers whose Guild Hall was demolished to make way for the station.

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  Cannon Street station seen from The Shard, showing roof garden and twin towers

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  The station viewed from the south bank of the Thames, 2020

See also

In Spanish: Estación de Cannon Street para niños