Barbican is a London Underground station situated near the Barbican Estate, on the edge of the ward of Farringdon Within, City of London. It has been known by various names since its opening in 1865,
View of Barbican station platforms, with the Barbican Estate towers in the background, 2014
Metropolitan line S8 Stock departing the station in 2025
Modern entrance to Barbican
Farringdon is an interchange station located in Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington, just outside the boundary of the City of London for London Underground, Elizabeth line and National Rail
Barbican tube station
…in 1865, mostly in reference to the neighbouring ward of Aldersgate. The station is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, between Farringdon and Moorgate stations. It is in London fare zone 1. Platform 2, serving westbound trains, is connected by a single lift to Farringdon station on the…
Thameslink and Elizabeth line station entrance
The station frontage carrying the name Farringdon & High Holborn, 1989.
A Class 319 heads south from Farringdon. On the left is the blocked-off City Widened Line branch to Moorgate, closed as part of the Thameslink Programme.
Eastbound Elizabeth line platform at Farringdon