Ludgate Hill railway station

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Ludgate Hill railway station was a former central London railway terminus that served as a key city-end station for suburban and regional services in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Ludgate Hill railway station canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former railway station
railway terminus
accessedFrom Ludgate Hill street level
closingDateToPassengers 1929-03-03
closureReason superseded by nearby city stations
coordinateSystem OS grid reference (approximate)
country United Kingdom
demolished 20th century
electrificationStatus not electrified during operation
heritageStatus no longer extant
historicalPeriod Edwardian era
Victorian era
languageOfName English
locatedIn City of London
central London
linked to: Central London
locatedInAdministrativeArea Greater London
locatedNear Blackfriars railway station
linked to: Blackfriars station

Holborn Viaduct railway station
St Paul’s Cathedral
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
locatedOn Ludgate Hill
nearbyThoroughfare Farringdon Street
Fleet Street
openedBy London, Chatham and Dover Railway
openingDate 1865-06-01
originalCompany London, Chatham and Dover Railway
partOf London rail network
partOfRoute London, Chatham and Dover Railway City lines
routes from Kent to the City of London
platforms 2
postGroupingCompany Southern Railway
preGroupingCompany South Eastern and Chatham Railway
railGauge standard gauge
railwayLine London, Chatham and Dover Railway main line
servedArea City of London
Holborn Viaduct area
St Paul’s area
servedAs city terminus
regional rail terminus
suburban rail terminus
servedCity London
linked to: London, England
servedTraffic commuter traffic
regional services
suburban services
status disused
structureType elevated station
successorStationFunction City Thameslink railway station
Holborn Viaduct railway station
transportMode rail

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London Chatham and Dover Railway mainTerminus Ludgate Hill railway station
Holborn Viaduct station precededBy Ludgate Hill railway station
Holborn Viaduct station hasAdjacentStationSite Ludgate Hill railway station