{"city":"London","categories":["Bridges","Rail","Tube"],"os_x":"531736","website":"","username":"Kake","fax":"","content":"== Tube ==\n\nZone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531736&Y=180933&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Blackfriars Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n
[[District Line]]: | \nwest | \n\n | [[Temple Station|Temple]] | \n\n | Blackfriars | \n\n | [[Mansion House Station|Mansion House]] | \n\n | east | \n
[[Thameslink]]: | \nnorth | \n\n | [[City Thameslink Station|City Thameslink]] | \n\n | Blackfriars | \n\n | [[Elephant and Castle Station|Elephant & Castle]] \n[[London Bridge Station|London Bridge]] | \n\n | south | \n
Zone 1 Station / Streetmap Link / Journey Planner
\nDistrict Line: | \nwest | \n\n | Temple | \n\n | Blackfriars | \n\n | Mansion House | \n\n | east | \n
Thameslink: | \nnorth | \n\n | City Thameslink | \n\n | Blackfriars | \n\n | Elephant & Castle \nLondon Bridge | \n\n | south | \n
Circle Line: as District Line
\nBlackfriars Station is one of the smallest rail terminal in central London, and offers Thameslink services to Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Sutton, Luton (and Luton Airport Parkway), and [Kent Link]? services (south and south-east).
\nThe station is notable itself because its platforms actually extend onto Blackfriars Railway Bridge itself. (This bridge is the second by that name, having been built in 1977 to replace the original, which dated from 1866. The supporting pillars from the original bridge are still standing, and run alongside the current location of the bridge.) If you walk out to the end of the platforms, you will be rewarded with a fine view along the Thames both east and west, including the business buildings of the City of London, the Canary Wharf development, numerous other bridges and an excellent view of the Tate Modern on the south side.
\nClose to the entrance to the platforms is a section of wall decoration taken from the original station facade, listing names of the European capitals that Blackfriars Station was the main departure point for at that time.
\nFood/drink/etc: Branch of WH Smith; coffee stand; sweetshop.
\nToilets: male, female and wheelchair; the mens' seemed pretty clean as station toilets go.
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