Английская Википедия:Fenchurch Street railway station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Good article Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox London station Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street,[1] is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London. It takes its name from its proximity to Fenchurch Street, a key thoroughfare in the City. The station and all trains are operated by c2c. Services run on lines built by the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) are to destinations in east London and south Essex, including Шаблон:Stn, Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws, Southend and Шаблон:Rws.
The station opened in 1841 to serve the L&BR and was rebuilt in 1854 when the LTSR, a joint venture between the L&BR and the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR), began operating. The ECR also operated trains out of Fenchurch Street to relieve congestion at its other London terminus at Шаблон:Rws. In 1862 the Great Eastern Railway was created by amalgamating various East Anglian railway companies (including the ECR) and it shared the station with the LTSR until 1912, when the latter was bought by the Midland Railway. The station came under ownership of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) following the Railways Act 1921, and was shared by LNER and London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) services until nationalisation in 1948. The line from the station was electrified in 1961, and closed for seven weeks in 1994.
Fenchurch Street is one of the smallest railway terminals in London in terms of platforms, but one of the most intensively operated. It is the only London terminal with no direct interchange with the London Underground. Plans to connect it stalled in the early 1980s because of the lack of progress on the Jubilee line, but it is within Шаблон:Convert of both the Шаблон:Lus station on the London Underground and the Шаблон:Stl station on the Docklands Light Railway.
Location
The station frontage is on Fenchurch Place, adjacent to Fenchurch Street in the City of London. The station has two entrances: one on Fenchurch Place and another on Cooper's Row, near Tower Hill. It has four platforms arranged on two islands elevated on a viaduct.[2] The station has been Grade II listed since 1972[3]Шаблон:Sfn and the conference venue One America Square is built adjacent to it.[4] Following rail privatisation in 1994, the station was run by Network Rail.[5] Since 1996, the station has been served by c2c (which was sold by National Express to Trenitalia in 2017)[6] who have a franchise to run services until 2029.[7][8]
Fenchurch Street is in the central London Travelcard zone 1 like other terminal stations in the city,[9] but it does not have a direct link to the London Underground. The nearest stations on the London Underground network are Tower Hill about Шаблон:Convert to the southeast[10]Шаблон:Efn and Aldgate around Шаблон:Convert to the northeast.[11]
History
London and Blackwall Railway
The area around Fenchurch Street is one of the oldest inhabited parts of London; the name "Fenchurch" derives from the Latin faenum (hay) and refers to hay markets in the area.Шаблон:Sfn The station was the first to be granted permission by the Corporation of London to be constructed inside the City of London, following several refusals against other railway companies.Шаблон:Sfn
The original building, designed by William Tite opened on 20 July 1841, serving the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR), replacing a nearby terminus at Minories that had opened in July 1840.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn It had two platforms connected via a stairway to the booking hall.Шаблон:Sfn Steam locomotives did not use the station until 1849 because before this time trains were dragged uphill from Шаблон:Rws to Minories, and ran to Fenchurch Street via their own momentum. The reverse journey eastwards required a manual push from railway staff.Шаблон:Sfn William Marshall's railway bookstall established at the station in 1841 was the first to be opened in the City of London.[12]
Eastern Counties Railway and London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Following the opening of the London and Blackwall Extension Railway on 2 April 1849, services operated from Fenchurch Street to Bow & Bromley. Some were extended to Шаблон:Rws where an interchange existed with the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) from Шаблон:Rws.Шаблон:Sfn
On 26 September 1850, the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway (renamed the North London Railway (NLR) on 1 January 1853)Шаблон:Sfn started operating a service from Шаблон:Rws into Fenchurch Street and the L&BR withdrew its service, closing the line between Gas Factory Junction and Bow & Bromley.Шаблон:Sfn The station had two heavily used platforms and a double track line from Stepney onwards.Шаблон:Sfn Following a reduced income at Blackwall (the South Eastern Railway had opened a direct line from Шаблон:Rws to London), LBR shareholders voted to align with the ECR and jointly construct the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) from Tilbury to Forest Gate Junction. Services would split at Шаблон:Stn, one service to Bishopsgate and the other to Fenchurch Street along the reopened line via Bow & Bromley (although the station did not reopen). To accommodate this service a third line was built between Stepney and Fenchurch Street which was enlarged at this time. The new service commenced on 13 April 1854 using ECR locomotives and stock.Шаблон:Sfn
To accommodate the changes, the station was enlarged to designs by George Berkley incorporating a Шаблон:Convert by Шаблон:Convert trussed-arch vaulted roof.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn Two platforms were added at the same timeШаблон:Sfn as was a circulating area for L&BR and LTSR traffic.Шаблон:Sfn The NLR, wanting its own London terminus instead of co-sharing Fenchurch Street, extended its railway towards the new Broad Street station in 1865.Шаблон:Sfn
The railway through Stratford was unable to cope with the extra services, so the LTSR planned to build a more direct line from Шаблон:Stn to Gas Factory Junction. The third track from Stepney to Fenchurch Street opened in 1856, followed by the direct line from Barking in 1858.[13] LTSR services were diverted from Stratford and a spur was opened at Abbey Mills Junction (east of Bromley) which allowed services to and from Шаблон:Rws to operate directly from Fenchurch Street instead of via Stratford.Шаблон:Sfn
Great Eastern Railway
By the 1860s, railways in East Anglia were in financial difficulties, and most lines were leased to the ECR. Although the companies wished to amalgamate they could not obtain government consent until 1862, when the Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed.Шаблон:Sfn In common with most railways, signalling was fairly basic and trains were separated by time interval. As traffic levels increased there was a need to improve signalling and, in 1869, the GER introduced absolute block working between Fenchurch Street, Gas Factory Junction and Bow Junction, opening signal boxes at all locations.Шаблон:Sfn In the 1870s the flat awning over the station main's entrance was replaced with the current zig-zag canopy.Шаблон:Sfn
The station's track layout was rearranged in 1883 with platform extensions, a fifth platform for use by the Blackwall services and a new gantry signal box (which lasted until the 1935 re-modelling).Шаблон:Sfn The GER used the station as an alternative to Liverpool Street station during the late-19th and early-20th centuries for former ECR routes.[13] The GER took over operation of the NLR shuttle from Bow in 1869, which it operated until April 1892 when the second Bow Road railway station opened along with a passenger foot connection to the NLR station. Subsequent services into Fenchurch Street were operated by the GER and the LTSR, and three years later the viaduct from Stepney to Fenchurch Street was widened to accommodate a fourth track.Шаблон:Sfn
Despite this, overcrowding of LTSR services was still occurring and this persisted until 1902 when the opening of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway offered an alternative route.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1903, the GER built the Fairlop Loop, a short connecting line between Шаблон:Rws and Woodford from where services ran to Liverpool Street and around 36 trains a day ran to Fenchurch Street.[13] In 1912, the Midland Railway (MR) bought and took over operation of the LTSR services.Шаблон:Sfn
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
After the Railways Act 1921 the country's railways were grouped into four companies, with effect from 1 January 1923. At Fenchurch Street, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) took over operations of the MR, whilst GER services were taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Direct trains to Шаблон:Rws were usually routed via Bromley at off-peak hours and a peak shuttle service operated from Custom House to Gallions. Passengers for the Шаблон:Rws branch changed at Шаблон:Rws. The Blackwall and North Greenwich passenger services were scheduled for closure on 30 June 1926 but the general strike brought that forward to 3 May.Шаблон:Sfn
The station was rebuilt in 1935 to address overcrowding and provide better accommodation for Southend line services.Шаблон:Sfn When the former ECR lines transferred to the Underground's Central line in 1948, the station was served solely by the former LTSR services.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Nationalisation and beyond
Following nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1948, the station transferred under British Railways to the Eastern Region although the old LTSR network west of Gasworks Junction was controlled by the London Midland Region. On 20 February 1949, the whole LTS line was transferred to the Eastern Region, yet despite the organisational changes, the old LTSR still was a distinctive system operated by former LTS and LMS locomotives until electrification.Шаблон:Sfn
British Railways electrified the former LTSR line in 1959.[14] Electric services began on 6 November 1961 and a full electric timetable was introduced on 18 June the following year.Шаблон:Sfn In the 1980s, the station roof was dismantled and high-rise office blocks were built above the station leaving the 1854 facade intact.Шаблон:Sfn
Fenchurch Street station suffered a negative reputation under public ownership. By the end of the 1980s, the former LTSR line was carrying over 50,000 passengers a day on a 50-year old infrastructure. The persistent overcrowding and uncleanliness on trains led to it being dubbed "the misery line". In 1989 Sir Robert Reid called the service from Fenchurch Street "wholly unacceptable",[15] while Teresa Gorman, Member of Parliament for Billericay, subsequently called it "one of the disgraces of our public railway service for many years".[16] Between 1982 and 1992, the station was operated by Network SouthEast, one of British Rail's three passenger business sectors, before being handed over to a business unit in preparation for privatisation.[17]
In July 1994, shortly before rail privatisation, the station closed for seven weeks for an £83 million project to replace signals, track and electrification works. It was the first significant closure of a London terminal station,[16] albeit planned and temporary.
The development of Lakeside Shopping Centre, near Chafford Hundred and Thurrock, increased demand for services from the station.[18] In 2013, Network Rail announced a £3.4m upgrade creating a third exit on Cooper's Row to make connections with Tower Hill easier.[19]
In 2019, a planning application [20] was submitted to the City of London (planning authority) for permission to revamp the station building.[21]
Underground
In the 1970s, Fenchurch Street was considered to be an integral part of the proposed Fleet line (now called the Jubilee line), which would have given the station an Underground connection. An extension from the end of the track terminus at Charing Cross to Fenchurch Street via Aldwych and Ludgate Circus would have seen the line cross the River Thames and continue southeastwards towards Surrey Docks and Шаблон:Rws.Шаблон:Sfn A revised route, approved in 1980, would have seen the line follow a more northerly route to Woolwich Arsenal and Beckton.Шаблон:Sfn
Mott, Hay and Anderson and Sir William Halcrow and Partners began constructing the line to Charing Cross, but did not finish the project until 1979. Rising costs and high inflation led to London Transport abandoning the eastwards extension via Fenchurch Street in 1981.Шаблон:Sfn The line was completed in 1999, using a different route via the Greenwich Peninsula to Шаблон:Rws, crossing the LTSR line from Fenchurch Street at Шаблон:Rws.Шаблон:Sfn This has altered demand for Fenchurch Street, with passengers from Essex changing there instead.[18]
Services
Services from Fenchurch Street run towards East London and south Essex, including Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws (for Lakeside Shopping Centre), Шаблон:Rws (for the Gravesend–Tilbury Ferry and cruise services) Шаблон:Rws, Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws. As of the December 2023 timetable the typical Monday to Friday off-peak service is:[22]
| tph | Destination | Route | Stopping pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shoeburyness | via Laindon and Basildon | all stations |
| 2 | Southend Central | via Ockendon | all stations |
| 2 | Grays | via Rainham (London) | all stations |
During peak periods services are increased up to 20 trains per hour. Most peak services have 12 cars.[23]
Although the station's capacity is small compared to other London terminals, it has a high footfall, averaging around 16 million passengers annually.[24] A report in 2001 showed approximately 3,000 people commuted daily from Castle Point to the city via Fenchurch Street,[25] while a 2013 report said it was the busiest station on the LTSR route, with 46,000 daily peak-time passengers.[19]
Future
There have been proposals to move the station 380 yards to the east to allow the station to expand to 6 platforms, (up from the current 4) and would be built partly on the site of Tower Gateway DLR station, which would likely be permanently closed.[26]
The new station could be built with direct interchange with Tower Hill tube station,[26] which could also have a replacement DLR station for Tower Gateway as Transport for London have looked into closing Tower Gateway and constructing a replacement on the Bank branch to increase capacity.[27]
Incidents
- On 1 August 1859, two trains collided head-on at low speed when an arriving North Woolwich service passed a signal at danger and struck a stationary Tilbury Riverside service. No-one was injured.[28]
- On 28 November 1860, a track defect caused the first four carriages of a departing train to Benfleet to derail at low speed. No-one was injured.[29]
- On 24 June 1872, a service arriving from Шаблон:Rws collided with the buffer stops at the platform end, resulting in injury to three passengers.[30]
- On 17 August 1872, two people were injured when their train collided with an empty train being shunted out of a siding.[31]
- On 4 May 1893 a bricklayer, described at the time as "deaf and dumb", who was working on lineside alterations on the Blackwall line, near the station, was stuck by a train as he crossed the line, after not hearing shouted warnings. He later died from his injuries.[32]
- On 2 September 1903, 11 passengers and a crew member were injured when a train hit the buffers as it arrived from Шаблон:Rws.[33]
- On 9 March 1908, a point cleaner working near the station was injured. A Board of Trade enquiry criticised the lack of look-outs for railway workers.[34]
- On 3 February 1912, approximately 86 people were injured when a train hit the buffer stops as it arrived from Шаблон:Rws. An estimated 860 passengers were aboard at the time. Driver error and excessive speed were blamed.[35]
- On 26 January 1927, 10 people were injured on a train to Westcliff in a head-on collision and subsequent derailment caused by defects in the signal detection and signals.[36]
Goods depots
A number of goods depots were established near Fenchurch Street owing to the station's proximity to the City of London. This table lists the depots connected to the line between the station and Christian Street Junction just east of Шаблон:Rws:Шаблон:Sfn[37][38]
| Name | Company | Opening | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable Street | Great Eastern Railway | 1870s[39] | ?? | Coal depot – leased by Charringtons |
| City Goods | Midland Railway | Шаблон:Nowrap | 1 July 1949 | Closed after nationalisation (duplication of facilities). An hydraulic accumulator tower lasted until 2015 when it was demolished |
| Commercial Road | LTSR | 17 April 1886 | 3 July 1967 | |
| East Smithfield | Great Eastern Railway | 17 June 1864 | Шаблон:Nowrap | Short quarter-mile branch that led to the Thames riverside. Marked as London Docks on Railway Clearing House diagram above. |
| Goodmans Yard | L&BR | Шаблон:Nowrap | 1 April 1951 | Built later for ECR and LTSR traffic. Badly damaged during London Blitz. |
| Haydon Square | London North Western Railway | 12 March 1853 | 2 July 1962 | A short fragment of the viaduct serving the depot can be seen today (2015). |
| Mint Street | L&BR then leased to the Great Northern Railway from 1861 | 1 August 1858 | 1 April 1951 | Contained part of the original Minories station building. Known as Royal Mint Street c1870. Badly damaged by bombs on 29 December 1940. – closed after nationalisation (duplication of facilities) |
Cultural references
The poet John Betjeman passed through the station on day-trips to Southend, and described it as a "delightful hidden old terminus".Шаблон:Sfn
The first documented murder on the British rail network occurred on 9 July 1864, when Franz Muller murdered Thomas Briggs shortly after a train left the station en route to Шаблон:Rws.[40]
Fenchurch Street is one of four railway stations on the standard UK Monopoly board, alongside Liverpool Street, Marylebone and King's Cross. All are former LNER terminal stations.[41]
The 2005 football hooliganism film Green Street used the station to represent Manchester Piccadilly.[42]
In the Douglas Adams novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Fenchurch was so-named because she was conceived at the station.[43]
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External links
- Fenchurch Street Station – Transport for London journey planner
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