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Barbican tube station

Coordinates: 51°31′13″N 0°05′52″W / 51.5202°N 0.0977°W / 51.5202; -0.0977
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Barbican London Underground
Looking east along the platforms.
Barbican is located in Central London
Barbican
Barbican
Location of Barbican in Central London
LocationBarbican
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byLondon Underground
Station codeZBB
Number of platforms2
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2009Decrease 9.261 million[1]
2017Decrease 11.83 million[1]
2018Decrease 10.08 million[2]
2019Increase 10.47 million[3]
2020Decrease 2.54 million[4]
2021Increase 3.47 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2006–070.045 million[6]
Key dates
23 December 1865 (23 December 1865)Opened as Aldersgate Street[7]
1 November 1910Renamed as Aldersgate[7]
24 October 1924Renamed as Aldersgate and Barbican[7]
1 December 1968Renamed as Barbican[7][8]
1976Services from Great Northern via Widened Lines cease.
1982Electrified services from Bedford line commence
2009Thameslink services cease
Other information
External links
WGS8451°31′13″N 0°05′52″W / 51.5202°N 0.0977°W / 51.5202; -0.0977

Barbican is a London Underground station serving the Barbican Centre in the City of London, England. It is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. It is between Farringdon and Moorgate. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. First Capital Connect trains used to stop at this station on their way to Moorgate station, but this stopped in March 2009. The outbound service calling here was abandoned many years before.

Service patterns

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Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Hammersmith
Circle line
towards Edgware Road
towards Hammersmith
Hammersmith & City line
towards Barking
Metropolitan line
towards Aldgate
Disused railways
Farringdon   First Capital Connect
Thameslink
Peak Hours Only 		  London Moorgate
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  • Barbican station, with a Circle Line train
    Barbican station, with a Circle Line train
  • Barbican station from the west. Inset: former roof support
    Barbican station from the west. Inset: former roof support

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Butt (1995), page 14
  8. ↑ Butt (1995), page 26

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