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City Thameslink train station

City Thameslink is a major interchange: 137 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Blackfriars, with 542 trains a day.

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Address: Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JH

City Thameslink is the nearest station for postcodes in EC4A, EC4M, EC4Y, WC2A. Check your own postcode.

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
London Blackfriars5422860
St Pancras International5422860
Farringdon5422860
London Bridge3492380
St Albans City3491440
West Hampstead Thameslink286960
East Croydon2841900
Gatwick Airport2731900
Three Bridges2651880
Luton2241390
Harpenden2211390
Luton Airport Parkway2121390
Brent Cross West204480
Elstree & Borehamwood198480
Mill Hill Broadway198480
Radlett198480
Elephant & Castle189480
Kentish Town172960
Finsbury Park154940
Bedford150920
Flitwick145920
Leagrave141920
Cricklewood140480
Hendon140480
Herne Hill139480
Loughborough Junction139480
Streatham138480
Sutton138480
Tulse Hill138480
Haywards Heath136940
Redhill135960
Brighton134940
Harlington134920
Burgess Hill133940
Horley133960
Hitchin130940
Stevenage130940
Hassocks84480
Preston Park84480
Coulsdon South79480

and 97 more stations, each served less often.

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City Thameslink is on the Thameslink. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through City Thameslink station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside City Thameslink station on 13 paths in the week beginning 21 September 2026: 2 paths on the Wednesday, 3 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 12 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 21 September 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

7,635,634 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 62nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 298,478 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between City Thameslink and St Albans City than any other pair: 435,068 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

There is no Sunday service from City Thameslink. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of City Thameslink, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

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City Thameslink is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:15 to 19:45 · Saturday: closed · Sunday: closed

Toilets

Cycle parking: 28 spaces (stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 1 September 2026.

City Thameslink station is in City of London, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink).

The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 6.6 miles north-west.

10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Fleet Street / City Thameslink.

City Thameslink is inside the London Travelcard area.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.