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Holborn Viaduct

In article , (Mark Brader) wrote:

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.

Wouldn't the 1864 LCDR station have been Blackfriars Bridge? - it opened
on 1st June, the same day as the extension from Elephant & Castle, and
closed 1st October 1885. There was also an SER Blackfriars, which only
lasted 5 years - 11/1/1864-1/1/1869.

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