Barbican tube station

Barbican is a London Underground station serving the Barbican Centre in the City of London, England. It is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. It is between Farringdon and Moorgate. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. First Capital Connect trains used to stop at this station on their way to Moorgate station, but this stopped in March 2009. The outbound service calling here was abandoned many years before.

Barbican
Looking east along the platforms.
Barbican Location of Barbican in Central London
Location	Barbican
Local authority	City of London
Managed by	London Underground
Station code	ZBB
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2009	9.261 million[1]
2017	11.83 million[1]
2018	10.08 million[2]
2019	10.47 million[3]
2020	2.54 million[4]
2021	3.47 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2006–07	0.045 million[6]
Key dates
23 December 1865 (23 December 1865)	Opened as Aldersgate Street[7]
1 November 1910	Renamed as Aldersgate[7]
24 October 1924	Renamed as Aldersgate and Barbican[7]
1 December 1968	Renamed as Barbican[7][8]
1976	Services from Great Northern via Widened Lines cease.
1982	Electrified services from Bedford line commence
2009	Thameslink services cease
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.5202°N 0.0977°W / 51.5202; -0.0977

Service patterns

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Farringdon towards Hammersmith		Circle line		Moorgate towards Edgware Road
Farringdon towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Moorgate towards Barking
Farringdon towards Amersham, Chesham, Uxbridge or Watford		Metropolitan line		Moorgate towards Aldgate
	Disused railways
Farringdon		First Capital Connect Thameslink Peak Hours Only		London Moorgate

Gallery

• 
  Barbican station, with a Circle Line train
• 
  Barbican station from the west. Inset: former roof support

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
6. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
7. Butt (1995), page 14
8. Butt (1995), page 26

Other websites

• Babican tube station on "All in London"
• Map of the Tube