Farringdon railway station

Farringdon is a major interchange: 174 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Bond Street, with 664 trains a day.

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Address: Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6BY

Farringdon is the nearest station for postcodes in EC1A, EC1M, EC1N, EC1R, EC3P, EC1P, EC2P, EC4P, W1A, WC1R, WC1V. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Farringdon

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

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Bond Street664646438
London Liverpool Street664646438
Paddington664646438
Tottenham Court Road664646438
Whitechapel664646438
London Blackfriars568497299
St Pancras International568497299
City Thameslink5413340
Abbey Wood400394250
St Albans City365334215
Ealing Broadway362332271
London Bridge360344195
Hayes and Harlington352332271
Stratford333323215
Chadwell Heath332322215
Forest Gate332322215
Gidea Park332322215
Goodmayes332322215
Ilford332322215
Manor Park332322215
Maryland332322215
Romford332322215
Seven Kings332322215
Brentwood330284121
Canary Wharf330322222
Harold Wood330284121
Shenfield330284121
Woolwich330322222
West Hampstead Thameslink304285222
East Croydon300278142
Gatwick Airport289278142
Southall289274223
Three Bridges281273140
Luton239204168
Harpenden236204168
Luton Airport Parkway227204168
Brent Cross West218200107
West Ealing212204162
Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3211203165
Elstree & Borehamwood206193105

and 134 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Farringdon is

50,171,290 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 8th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 9,341,764 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Farringdon and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 5,060,804 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

Sunday is a different railway here: 127 stations instead of 174, a drop of about 27%. Saturday runs to 136.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

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

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More about this station on Wikipedia.