Paul Terry writes:
In fact, the original St Paul's station was what is now Blackfriars
(Thameslink) - the name was changed in 1937 when LT renamed "Post
Office" on the Central Line as "St Paul's".

And the original Blackfriars station was a terminal station on the
south bank of the river.

The line was opened from Herne Hill to Elephant & Castle in 1862, then
extended to the original Blackfriars in 1864. Later the same year a
short branch was made from just before this station, crossing the
river to Ludgate Hill. This was originally a temporary terminus,
replaced in 1865 with a permanent station, which became a through station
when the Snow Hill Tunnel and the link to the Metropolitan Railway at
Farringdon were opened in 1866.

In 1874 the branch off this route to Holborn Viaduct was opened, and
the same year Snow Hill station was added to the through route, so
now there were four stations in the area, two through and two terminal.

In 1886 the branch to the original Blackfriars was closed, and yet
another short new branch crossed the Thames on a new bridge to reach
the new terminus of St. Paul's -- now Blackfriars. In 1910 this was
converted to a through station, allowing trains to continue from it
to Farringdon as they do now.

Snow Hill station, renamed Holborn Viaduct Low Level, closed in 1916
along with the through passenger services, which reappeared in 1988 as
Thameslink. With the closure, Ludgate Hill became a terminus again,
and it closed in 1929. In 1990 Holborn Viaduct closed and St. Paul's
Thameslink, now City Thameslink, opened on more or less the site of
Ludgate Hill station.
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