London station group

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The London station group is a ring of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London. Most are terminal stations, although a few are through-stations (that includes those with a combination of terminal and through platforms). Each of these stations is part of a notional "common location" to which tickets from stations outside that group are issued. The station group is rendered on tickets as London Terminals.^[1]

All current stations in the group fall within London fare zone 1. The large number of terminal stations is explained by the refusal of Parliament to allow railway lines to enter the centre of London in the 19th century, causing them to form a ring, connected by underground railways.^[2] The majority of the larger stations managed by Network Rail are in the group.^[3]

Group members

As of 2016, the group comprises:^[1][4]

• Blackfriars
• Cannon Street
• Charing Cross
• City Thameslink
• Euston
• Fenchurch Street
• King's Cross
• Liverpool Street
• London Bridge
• Marylebone
• Moorgate
• Old Street
• Paddington
• St. Pancras
• Vauxhall
• Victoria
• Waterloo
• Waterloo East

Former members

• Broad Street (closed 1986)
• Holborn Viaduct (closed 1990)
• Kensington (Olympia) (withdrawn 1994)^[5]
• Kings Cross Thameslink^[6] (closed 2007)

Station statistics

Station	Image	Location	Coordinates	Managed by	London services	National services	Annual entry/exit (millions)[7]				Open date	Platforms		Category
							2006/7	2007/8	2008/9	2009/10		Terminal	Through
Blackfriars		City of London	51°30′40″N 0°06′11″W / 51.511°N 0.103°W	Thameslink	NW, N, S, SE	Thameslink, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport	11.852	12.440	12.959	12.089	1886	2	2	A
Cannon Street		City of London	51°30′36″N 0°05′24″W / 51.510°N 0.090°W	Network Rail[3]	SE	Kent and East Sussex	21.106	22.045	21.646	20.229	1866	7	0	A
Charing Cross		Westminster	51°30′25″N 0°07′23″W / 51.507°N 0.123°W	Network Rail[3]	SE	Kent and East Sussex	34.779	36.294	36.660	36.460	1864	6	0	A
City Thameslink		City of London	51°30′58″N 0°06′11″W / 51.516°N 0.103°W	Thameslink	NW, N, S, SE	Thameslink, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport	5.479	5.370	5.294	5.163	1988	0	2	C
Euston		Camden	51°31′41″N 0°07′59″W / 51.528°N 0.133°W	Network Rail[3]	NW	West Coast Main Line	25.585	28.739	31.179	30.068	1837	18	0	A
Fenchurch Street		City of London	51°30′40″N 0°04′41″W / 51.511°N 0.078°W	Network Rail[3]	E	Southend-on-Sea	15.189	15.976	16.576	15.093	1841	4	0	A
Kings Cross		Camden	51°31′55″N 0°07′23″W / 51.532°N 0.123°W	Network Rail[3]	N	East Coast Main Line	22.504	23.945	24.641	24.818	1852	12	0	A
Liverpool Street		City of London	51°31′05″N 0°04′52″W / 51.518°N 0.081°W	Network Rail[3]	E, NE	East of England, Stansted Airport	55.266	57.790	56.198	51.596	1874	18	0	A
London Bridge		Southwark	51°30′18″N 0°05′10″W / 51.505°N 0.086°W	Network Rail[3]	S, SE, NW	Kent, East Sussex, Gatwick Airport	47.577	50.602	49.901	48.723	1836	9	6	A
Marylebone		Westminster	51°31′19″N 0°09′47″W / 51.522°N 0.163°W	Chiltern Railways	NW	Birmingham	11.639	11.559	11.645	11.758	1899	6	0	A
Moorgate		City of London	51°31′05″N 0°05′17″W / 51.518°N 0.088°W	London Underground	N	Hertfordshire	9.236	10.109	9.374	6.737	1865	2	0	E
Old Street		Islington	51°31′30″N 0°05′13″W / 51.525°N 0.087°W	London Underground	N	Hertfordshire	0.734	0.813	0.828	1.372	1901	0	2	E
Paddington		Westminster	51°31′01″N 0°10′37″W / 51.517°N 0.177°W	Network Rail[3]	W	Great Western Main Line, Heathrow Airport	27.259	26.521	32.697	29.104	1854	14	0	A
St Pancras		Camden	51°31′48″N 0°07′30″W / 51.530°N 0.125°W	Network Rail,[3] HS1 Ltd. and Eurostar International Limited[8]	N, NW, S, SE	Midland Main Line, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport, High Speed 1 (Kent), Eurostar (Belgium and France)	5.777	6.624	19.326	18.020	1868	13	2	A/C
Vauxhall		Lambeth	51°29′06″N 0°07′19″W / 51.485°N 0.122°W	South West Trains	SW	South West England	10.469	15.420	14.582	13.890	1848	0	10	B
Victoria		Westminster	51°29′46″N 0°08′38″W / 51.496°N 0.144°W	Network Rail[3]	S, SE, SW	Kent, Sussex, Gatwick Airport	66.749	70.854	70.157	70.224	1862	19	0	A
Waterloo		Lambeth	51°30′11″N 0°06′47″W / 51.503°N 0.113°W	Network Rail[3]	SW	South West England	89.993	91.452	88.548	86.397	1848	22	0	A
Waterloo East		Lambeth	51°30′14″N 0°06′36″W / 51.504°N 0.110°W	Southeastern	S, SE	Kent and East Sussex	6.329	6.537	6.675	6.714	1869	0	4	B

See also

• List of London railway stations
• List of stations in London fare zone 1
• Station group (railway)

Footnotes

• ^a for Thameslink from the north only^[1]
• ^b for Thameslink from the south only^[1]
• ^c does not include London Underground
• ^d from 2008/2009, King's Cross Thameslink passengers are grouped with St Pancras. In addition, full Eurostar services began from St Pancras on 9 December 2007.
• ^e international and domestic category A; Thameslink category C^[9]

References

1. NFM 98. National Fares Manuals. London: Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC Ltd). January 2008. Section A.
2. Wolmar, Christian (2004). The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How it Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-84354-023-1.
3. "Stations Run by Network Rail". Network Rail. 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
4. "Travelling to, from and via London". National Rail Enquiries website. Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC Ltd). 2011.
5. NFM 57. National Fares Manuals. London: British Railways Board. May 1994. Section A.
6. NFM 97. National Fares Manuals. London: Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC Ltd). May 2007. Section A.
7. "Station usage". Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
8. "St Pancras Eurostar Terminal". whatdotheyknow.com. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
9. "Part D: Annexes" (PDF). Better Rail Stations. Department for Transport. 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2010.