Fenchurch Street Station
| Fenchurch Street | |
|---|---|
 Main entrance
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| Data | |
| Design | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | FST |
| opening | July 20, 1841 |
| Architectural data | |
| architect |
William Tite , George Berkley |
| location | |
| City / municipality | London |
| London Borough | City of London |
| Part of the country | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 30 '42 " N , 0 ° 4' 43" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
Fenchurch Street is a rail terminus in the east of the City of London , near the Tower of London . Network Rail is the operator of the station . In 2013, 16.843 million passengers used it.
It is served exclusively by the c2c railway company. The trains operate on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway routes to the eastern suburbs of London and the southern part of Essex . Fenchurch Street is the only terminus in central London that has no direct connection to the London Underground . However, the Aldgate and Tower Hill underground stations are in the immediate vicinity, as is the Tower Gateway terminus of the Docklands Light Railway . The station has only four platforms, which are fully used, especially during rush hour.
Opened on July 20, 1841, the station was the first within the City of London. It replaced a terminus of the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) opened in July 1840 on the nearby Minories road . In 1854, Fenchurch Street Station was replaced by the building that still exists today. From 1858 it was the terminus of the London Tilbury & Southend Railway , until the opening of Broad Street station in 1865 also the North London Railway . In 1926 L&BR ceased operations.
The name of the character Fenchurch in Douglas Adams ' book Make It Good, and Thank You for the Fish is derived from the name of the train station. The idea arose while waiting in line for a ticket machine at Paddington Station . Since this name was already occupied by the character Paddington Bear , Adams used the name of the Fenchurch train station. Fenchurch Street is also one of the four train stations that can be purchased in the UK version of Monopoly .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 28, 2014 (English).
- ^ Richard Deiss: Vane Cathedral and Sugar Beet Station. A short story about 200 European train stations . Bonn 2010, p. 60.
| Previous station | National Rail | Next train station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| final destination |
c2c London, Tilbury & Southend Railway |
Limehouse | ||