How many train terminals are there in London?

There are 18 London Terminal stations: London Blackfriars. London Cannon Street. London Charing Cross.



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Because the first railway lines were all built by separate private companies, that each needed their own London Terminus for their own network. So you get St Pancras smack next door to Kings Cross, those next door neighbors served different company networks.

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Waterloo is Britain's largest and busiest station. London Waterloo has always been a place for important arrivals and departures, whether city commuters, holiday makers, Epsom race goers or armed forces.

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The world's busiest passenger station, with a passenger throughput of 3.5 million passengers per day (1.27 billion per year), is Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. The world's station with most platforms is Grand Central Terminal in New York City with 44 platforms.

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London Bridge is the capital's oldest railway station and has undergone many changes in its complex history.
  • 1836: 8 February, the LGR line opens from Deptford to Spa Road 'stopping place'.
  • 1836: 14 December, the London & Greenwich railway opens its London Bridge station.


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Although a through-station on this route, for ticketing purposes Old Street is considered a central London terminus. On the Underground, it is on the Bank (eastern) branch of the Northern line, between Moorgate and Angel, in Travelcard Zone 1.

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London Thameslink is a slightly more generous version of 'London Terminals'. If a ticket is issued to London Thameslink, then you can use any of the stations between St Pancras International and Elephant & Castle or London Bridge, no matter which direction you're coming from.

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London is a city with twelve major railway stations around the central area of the city. Each station has train services to different regions of the country. Cannon Street: Local stopping services to South East London, and outer suburban services to Kent.

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Waterloo train station is a central London terminus and is considered London's largest and busiest station. Waterloo serves areas south and south-west of London including Hampton Court, Epsom, Guildford, Weymouth, Southampton and Portsmouth.

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The longest UK train journey is Aberdeen to Penzance. Covering 785 miles, this train journey takes about 13 hours and 20 minutes to complete (give or take a few minutes). It has 36 stops and spends about two hours in total waiting for passengers to embark and disembark at each railway station along the way.

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