Blackfriars station
Blackfriars, also known as London Blackfriars, is a central London railway station and connected London Underground station in the City of London. It provides Thameslink services: local, and regional and limited Southeastern commuter services to South East London and Kent.Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: railway station in the City of London, England, UK
- Also known as: “BFR”, “Blackfriars railway station”, “Blackfriars Railway Station”, “Blackfriars Station”, “Blackfriars train station”, “London Blackfriars”, “London Blackfriars railway station”, “London Blackfriars station”, “London Blackfriars train station”, and “St Paul’s railway station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and St Paul’s Cathedral.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
St Paul’s Cathedral
Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London, is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London. St Paul’s Cathedral is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Blackfriars station.
Tate Modern
Museum
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Modern is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Blackfriars station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackfriars and Temple.
Blackfriars
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
Blackfriars station
- Categories: railway station, through station, station, and transportation
- Location: City of London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51159° or 51° 30′ 42″ northLongitude
-0.10377° or 0° 6′ 14″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Operator
London UndergroundNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“BFR”Open location code
9C3XGV6W+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3763522921OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
2655492Wikidata ID
Q284195
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Blackfriars station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلاكفرايرز (محطه مترو أنفاق لندن)”
- Arabic: “بلاكفرايرز”
- Chinese: “黑衣修士站”
- Czech: “Blackfriars”
- Danish: “Blackfriars Station”
- Dutch: “Station Blackfriars”
- Dutch: “Station London Blackfriars”
- Esperanto: “Stacidomo Nigrofratoj”
- Finnish: “Blackfriarsin asema”
- French: “gare de Blackfriars”
- French: “Gare de Blackfriars”
- French: “Gare de Londres-Blackfriars”
- French: “Londres-Blackfriars”
- Gan Chinese: “布辣乎賴爾站”
- Gan Chinese: “布辣乎赖尔站”
- German: “Bahnhof Blackfriars”
- German: “Bahnhof London Blackfriars”
- German: “Blackfriars Station”
- Hebrew: “תחנת בלקפריירז”
- Hebrew: “תחנת בלקפריירס”
- Hungarian: “Blackfriars”
- Italian: “Stazione di Blackfriars”
- Italian: “stazione di Londra Blackfriars”
- Italian: “Stazione di Londra Blackfriars”
- Japanese: “ブラックフライアーズ駅”
- Korean: “런던 블랙프리어스”
- Korean: “블랙프리어스역”
- Lombard: “Stazion de Londra Blackfriars”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blackfriars stasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blackfriars undergrunnsstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Blackfriars stasjon”
- Persian: “ایستگاه بلکفرایرز”
- Polish: “Blackfriars”
- Portuguese: “Estação Blackfriars”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Blackfriars”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Londres-Blackfriars”
- Russian: “блекфриарс”
- Russian: “Блэкфраерс”
- Spanish: “Blackfriars station”
- Spanish: “Blackfriars”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Blackfriars”
- Spanish: “Estación de Blackfriars”
- Turkish: “Blackfriars İstasyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Блекфраєрс”
- Ukrainian: “Блекфрайерс”
- Urdu: “بلیک فرائرز اسٹیشن”
- Venetian: “Stasion de Blackfriars”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Blackfriars”
- Yiddish: “בלעקפרייערס סטאנציע”
- Yiddish: “בלעקפרייערס סטאַנציע”
- Yue Chinese: “黑衣修士站”
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