Fenchurch Street railway station
Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London. It takes its name from its proximity to Fenchurch Street, a key thoroughfare in the City. The station and all trains are operated by c2c. Services run on lines built by the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) are to destinations in east London and south Essex, including Upminster, Grays, Basildon, Southend and Shoeburyness.
| Fenchurch Street | |
|---|---|
| London Fenchurch Street | |
Main entrance on Fenchurch Place | |
Fenchurch Street Location of Fenchurch Street in Central London | |
| Location | City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Managed by | c2c |
| Station code | FST |
| DfT category | A |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Aldgate Bank-Monument Liverpool Street Tower Gateway Tower Hill |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 | 18.508 million |
| 2019–20 | 17.717 million |
| 2020–21 | 3.200 million |
| 2021–22 | 7.795 million |
| 2022–23 | 10.208 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | London and Blackwall Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 20 July 1841 | Opened |
| 13 April 1854 | Rebuilt |
| 1935 | Remodelled |
| Listed status | |
| Listed feature | Front block |
| Listing grade | II |
| Entry number | 1079149 |
| Added to list | 14 April 1972 |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51.51167°N 0.07881°W |
| London transport portal | |
The station opened in 1841 to serve the L&BR and was rebuilt in 1854 when the LTSR, a joint venture between the L&BR and the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR), began operating. The ECR also operated trains out of Fenchurch Street to relieve congestion at its other London terminus at Bishopsgate. In 1862 the Great Eastern Railway was created by amalgamating various East Anglian railway companies (including the ECR) and it shared the station with the LTSR until 1912, when the latter was bought by the Midland Railway. The station came under ownership of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) following the Railways Act 1921, and was shared by LNER and London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) services until nationalisation in 1948. The line from the station was electrified in 1961, and closed for seven weeks in 1994.
Fenchurch Street is one of the smallest railway terminals in London in terms of platforms, but one of the most intensively operated. It is the only London terminal with no direct interchange with the London Underground. Plans to connect it stalled in the early 1980s because of the lack of progress on the Jubilee line, but it is within 350 yards (320 m) of both the Tower Hill station on the London Underground and the Tower Gateway station on the Docklands Light Railway.