Cannon Street Station - Cannon Street, London, UK
N 51° 30.692 W 000° 05.421
30U E 701896 N 5710725
Cannon Street railway station sits on the north bank of the River Thames. Trains arriving and departing the station do so over the river.
Waymark Code: WMEKG0
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/09/2012
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The Network Rail website (visit
link) gives a brief history of the station:
"History of Cannon Street station
Cannon Street is in the financial district of London. The station was opened by
the original South Eastern Railway on 1st September 1866 after an act of
Parliament passed in 1861. The station originally had eight platforms. A
refurbishment of the station in the 1990s removed platform 1.
Train services to the station run directly
from suburban South East London, Kent and East Sussex. The station is normally
closed on Sundays.
Chronology
- An Act of Parliament passed in 1861
granted permission for the construction of a railway station known as Cannon
Street Station.
- The Cannon Bridge and the Station which
is less than a mile from London Bridge station was designed by Engineer Sir
John Hawkshaw.
- The construction works commenced in the
year 1863.
- The construction was completed in 1866
and the station was officially opened by South Eastern Railway on 1st
September 1866.
- The station has been rebuilt twice
since its inception. The Bridge was strengthened for heavier locomotive
movements before the First World War and the station structure was
reconstructed by British Rail in 1981. A new redevelopment of Cannon Street
station, the Cannon Place development, started in 2007.
Station design
- Cannon Street station is a terminus
- The original station glass roof was
destroyed during World War II.
- All that remains of the station’s
original architecture are the twin 120-ft red-brick towers at the country
end of the station.
- Large office blocks were built over the
station platforms in 1980.
- It was the scene of major rail disaster
on 8th January 1991 which resulted in two fatalities and 200 injuries.
- There were originally eight platforms
at the station, refurbishment works in 1990 removed platform 1."