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The station was opened by British Rail on 29 May 1990 as St. Paul's Thameslink, and was renamed as City Thameslink on 30 September 1991 [18] to avoid confusion with the St Paul's station on the London Underground Central line (which is several hundred yards to the east, to the north of St Paul's Cathedral). [19]
The replacement route under Ludgate Hill was opened on 29 May 1990 by the Network SouthEast (sector of British Rail) concurrently with City Thameslink station, which was initially called St Paul's Thameslink but was renamed in 1991 to avoid confusion with St. Paul's station on the Underground (Central line), about 500 m (550 yd) away.
Thameslink is a 68-station main-line route running 225 km (140 miles) north to south through London from Bedford to Brighton, serving both London Gatwick Airport and London Luton Airport, with a suburban loop serving Sutton, Mitcham and Wimbledon and on weekdays a suburban line via Catford and Bromley South to Sevenoaks.
The station is run by Thameslink, with Transport for London handling the underground platforms. [13] A Thameslink driver depot is in the station building. [14] The adjacent Blackfriars Millennium Pier provides river services to Putney and Canary Wharf. [15] London Buses routes 4, 40, 63 and night routes N63 and N89 serve the station. [16] [17]
West Hampstead Thameslink is a National Rail station on the Midland Main Line and is served by Thameslink trains as part of the Thameslink route between Kentish Town and Cricklewood. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2 .
Out-of-station interchange within twenty minutes between any two of the stations entails no additional charge. [1] As an example: a journey from Richmond to St Albans may be made on one ticket with a walk between the North London Line and the Thameslink stations. Step free access is available at the Thameslink and Overground stations.
Brent Cross West is a railway station on the Thameslink route and on the Midland Main Line. The station serves Brent Cross and the northern parts of Cricklewood and Dollis Hill areas of north London. The station is part of the Brent Cross Cricklewood development, which also sees an investment to Cricklewood station further down the line.
Five years after its previous rename, the station at King's Cross was once again renamed, this time to King's Cross Thameslink. [24] Services on the line grew and new stations were added, including a station at the southern end of the Snow Hill tunnel named City Thameslink, which replaced the earlier terminal Holborn Viaduct station which was ...