Open · since 1863
Why is it called Farringdon?
MetropolitanCircleHammersmith & City
Where the name comes from
Named after Farringdon Road and Farringdon Street; it opened in 1863 as Farringdon Street. Places called Farringdon mean "fern-covered hill"; the street was named either after the City ward or after Nicholas de Faringdon, a 13th-century alderman whose family name probably came from one of those places.
Worth knowing: It opened on 10 January 1863 as the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground line.
Where it is
See Farringdon on the interactive map, 1863 to today
Next stations
- Circle Barbican
- Circle King's Cross St Pancras
- Hammersmith & City Barbican
- Hammersmith & City King's Cross St Pancras
- Metropolitan Barbican
- Metropolitan King's Cross St Pancras
At a glance
- Opened
- 1863
- Status
- Open
- Lines
- Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City
- Fare zone
- 1
- Local authority
- Islington
- Earlier names
- Farringdon Street: 1863–1922 Farringdon & High Holborn: 1922–1936
Sources
Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.
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