London Charing Cross Railway Station
London Charing Cross is a train station in central London . It is located in Charing Cross , which is part of the City of Westminster borough . The main entrance is on Strand Street . Charing Cross is one of 17 train stations managed by the railway infrastructure company Network Rail . In 2013 it was used by 38.607 million passengers.
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The terminus is at the end of the line leading into the city center, which also includes the through stations Waterloo East and London Bridge . Immediately after leaving the concourse, the tracks cross the Thames on Hungerford Bridge . Broad companies Southern and Southeastern run by Kent , East Sussex and in the southeastern suburbs of London.
The station is served by two London Underground stations: the Bakerloo Line and the Northern Line stop at Charing Cross station , which is located at the north-western entrance . The Embankment station at the southeast entrance is served by the Circle Line and the District Line .
history
The station was built by the South Eastern Railway on the site of the former Hungerford Market Hall and opened on January 11, 1864. The architect was John Hawkshaw , who designed a 155-meter-long and 50-meter-wide wrought-iron roof that spanned all six platforms in a single arch. On May 15, 1865, the Charing Cross Hotel , designed by Edward Middleton Barry , opened with a facade inspired by the French Renaissance.
During maintenance work, the roof of the station hall collapsed on December 5, 1905. Most people were able to get to safety and stop an incoming train in time, so that only six people died. In 1907 the roof was replaced by a steel frame construction. Because of the damage caused by aerial bombs in World War II, the mansard roof of the hotel was replaced.
Since 1990, the rear of the concourse has been surrounded by a postmodern office building called Embankment Plaza designed by Terry Farrell's architectural firm . The main tenant is the auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 28, 2014 (English).
| Previous station | National Rail | Next train station | ||
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| final destination | Southern | Waterloo East | ||
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Southeastern South Eastern Main Line |
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 27 ″ N , 0 ° 7 ′ 25 ″ W.