Farringdon station

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.

Not to be confused with Faringdon railway station, Farringdon Halt railway station, Faringdon Road railway station, or Farington railway station.

Farringdon
Thameslink and Elizabeth line station entrance seen in May 2022
Farringdon
Location of Farringdon in Central London
LocationClerkenwell
Local authorityLondon Borough of Islington
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerTransport for London
Network Rail
Station codeZFD
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms6 (2 Thameslink)
(2 London Underground)
(2 Elizabeth line)
AccessibleYes
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018 22.79 million
2019 25.92 million
2020 5.90 million
2021 8.50 million
2022 30.07 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19 15.087 million
– interchange  0.383 million
2019–20 16.497 million
– interchange  0.399 million
2020–21 2.643 million
– interchange  0.118 million
2021–22 6.865 million
– interchange  0.245 million
2022–23 31.460 million
– interchange  0.640 million
Key dates
10 January 1863Opened as Farringdon Street
23 December 1865Resited
26 January 1922Renamed Farringdon & High Holborn
21 April 1936Renamed Farringdon
1 July 1936Goods yard closed
1982Electrified
May 1988Thameslink started
21 March 2009Thameslink services to Moorgate discontinued
24 May 2022Elizabeth line opened
Listed status
Listed featureUnderground station
Listing gradeII
Entry number1298047
Added to list17 May 1994 (1994-05-17)
Other information
External links
WGS8451°31′14″N 00°06′18″W
 London transport portal

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.

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