Holborn Viaduct railway station

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Holborn Viaduct
Location
Place	City of London
History
Opened by	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Platforms	6
Key dates	Opened 1874 Closed 1990
Replaced by	City Thameslink

Holborn Viaduct was a railway terminus in central London.

Contents 1 Holborn Viaduct 2 Snow Hill railway station 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Holborn Viaduct

Holborn Viaduct opened on the 2nd March 1874 as an additional terminus for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR). The station was on a 292-yard branch from the Ludgate-Farringdon line, with a hotel as part of its frontage opening onto Holborn Viaduct. Passenger traffic through the Snow Hill tunnel ceased in 1916, with Holborn Viaduct becoming a terminus for passenger services from the south of London into the City. The short distance between Holborn Viaduct and Blackfriars (approximately 700 yards) also led to the intermediate station at Ludgate Hill being closed in 1929.

In the mid 1980s, Snow Hill tunnel was restored as a north-south rail link through central London. Services to and from Holborn Viaduct were gradually run down as part of this plan; the station closed on 26 January 1990. The station buildings were demolished and replaced by what is now called City Thameslink station nearby.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Ludgate Hill		London, Chatham & Dover Railway		Terminus
Terminus		British Rail Southern Region City Line		Blackfriars

[edit] Snow Hill railway station

Snow Hill
Location
Place	City of London
History
Opened by	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates	Opened 1874 Closed 1916
Replaced by	None

Snow Hill station on the LC&DR opened on 1 August 1874. It was below ground in the Snow Hill tunnel, which linked the LC&DR to the Metropolitan Railway south of Farringdon.

The station was adjacent to Holborn Viaduct station and was renamed Holborn Viaduct Low Level in 1912, and closed on 1 June 1916 when passenger services through the tunnel were discontinued.

[edit] See also

• List of closed railway stations in London
• Broad Street

[edit] External links

• Disused Stations - Snow Hill
• Disused Stations - Holborn Viaduct

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[edit] References

H.P.White, London Railway History (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain, Volume III - Greater London). David and Charles, 1963 and 1971. ISBN 0-7153-5337-3.

Alan A Jackson, London's Termini, 1969. ISBN 0-7153-5901-0.