Fenchurch Street railway station

Fenchurch Street National Rail
London Fenchurch Street
Main entrance on Fenchurch Place
Fenchurch Street is located in Central London
Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street
Location of Fenchurch Street in Central London
LocationCity of London
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byc2c
Station code(s)FST
DfT categoryA
Number of platforms4
Fare zone1
OSIAldgate London Underground
Bank-Monument London Underground Docklands Light Railway
Liverpool Street National Rail London Overground Elizabeth line London Underground
Tower Gateway Docklands Light Railway
Tower Hill London Underground[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 18.508 million[2]
2019–20Decrease 17.717 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 3.200 million[2]
2021–22Increase 7.795 million[2]
2022–23Increase 10.208 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyLondon and Blackwall Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
20 July 1841Opened
13 April 1854Rebuilt
1935Remodelled
Listed status
Listed featureFront block
Listing gradeII
Entry number1079149[3]
Added to list14 April 1972
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°30′42″N 0°04′44″W / 51.51167°N 0.07881°W / 51.51167; -0.07881
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Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street,[4] 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.

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.

  1. ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Front block of Fenchurch Street Station (1079149)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Station facilities for London Fenchurch Street". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

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