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|} City Thameslink is a railway station in London, located in the City of London financial district. The platforms are underground with a southern entrance on Ludgate Hill just off Ludgate Circus, and a northern entrance on Holborn Viaduct. It is in Zone 1 on the Thameslink route between and . Although a through station, for ticketing purposes it is considered a central London terminus for journeys to and from the south.〔 〕 City Thameslink is not open on Sundays. Before its 1990 opening its site was intended for station on the cancelled Fleet Line Extension of the (now) Jubilee line, and provision was made for the future station as part of the building works. ==History== The station was opened by British Rail on 29 May 1990 as St. Paul's Thameslink. The name was changed in 1991, to avoid confusion with London Underground station (Central line), which is several hundred yards away on the other side of St Paul's Cathedral. When the Thameslink line first opened, trains used the approach viaduct for Holborn Viaduct railway station to reach the Snow Hill tunnel. In preparation for that station's closure on 26 January 1990, a new line between Blackfriars station and the tunnel was constructed, this time on a different alignment slightly to the east and at a lower elevation, allowing buildings to be constructed on top. City Thameslink was built on the line as a replacement for Holborn Viaduct station.〔 Due to the planned routing of the Fleet Line under the site, part of the station was built to allow a future interchange. This can be seen in the wide spaces on the Ludgate end of the station, where large doors open on to a corridor intended to lead to escalators to an Underground concourse level. When the Thameslink franchise was given to First Capital Connect on 1 April 2006, the Thameslink service was initially re-branded; however, City Thameslink station was not re-branded. By late 2010, FCC reverted to branding its services Thameslink. As part of the Thameslink Programme, an upgrade of City Thameslink station was completed in October 2010. The platforms were made ready for future 12-car trains, and the passenger information system improved. New lighting and ticket gates were installed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City Thameslink railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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