Farringdon station
Farringdon station is a
London Underground and '
National Rail' station in
Farringdon. It was originally called "Farringdon and High
Holborn Station" and was the first tube station ever to be built in
London and more importantly the world. It was opened in
1863 and the initial route ran from
Farringdon to
Paddington, a distance of 6 kilometers. The company that ran the line was the Metropolitan Railway Company.
It is on the Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City and Circle lines, between Kings Cross St Pancras and Barbican. The station serves Thameslink trains which run from Brighton to Bedford, stopping off at Gatwick airport along the way. It is in zone 1.
Nearest places:
External Links