The New Farringdon Elizabeth Line Station

The irony has not escaped me that the caption (That I added at the last moment, late, and tired!) pointing out the error of the lack of Oyster validators has itself got typos/errors in. Apologies!

Hey Geoff, here's a quirk about Farringdon Crossrail. Because the new platform is so long, it connects both Farringdon and Barbican (as you showed in the video). But that means you can take the Underground from Barbican to Farringdon, go the Crossrail platforms, walk back to the Barbican end and go back to Barbican station to create a massive useless loop, because you technically never leave Farringdon Crossrail.

Geoff is really dedicated to these new stations and showing us all the little secrets and tips that most of us didn't even know. I love your constant uploading and these amazing video Geoff. Thank you.

I worked on Farringdon station for five years. It was hell, and most of it was spent in a 3D model of the station or in meetings with many, too many, managers. Still, here we are, and you have made it look fantastic. I'm not sure why they didn't have a passage running through the centre, between the platforms, but from one of the CPs, cross passages, there are various storage rooms as well as a staff kitchen/toilet area. Fun fact, the development over the stations were called the OSDs, over site developments. The Barbican development was a lot quicker to build than the Farringdon side.

I agree Farringdon will see a big uptick in passengers, as it is now the main intersection in central London between north/south Thameslink trains, and east/west crossrail services. Three main London airports are now directly accessible from Farringdon - Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.

I like how Farringdon, the original terminus of the Metropolitan line and was once one of the most important stations in London, will probably become very important again now that it's one of the most well-connected Elizabeth line stations. don't think it's been as significant as it is now for a while. little bit of a full circle moment 😄

I must admit, when I first ventured to Farringdon after the commencement of the Crossrail works, I was delighted to see that the station which to me is so utterly significant was, it seemed, destined to once again come to prominence. After all, it was one of the two original termini when the Met opened in 1863. Yet as a kid in a long-before-t’internet age, I was in a vast minority of people that actually knew that, and thus rather than be a significant player so to speak in the grand scheme of things, it just turned into a stop on the circle line section of the subsurface lines (bear in mind at this time in the 70s the widened lines here had been abandoned). Obviously, it became more significant again with the arrival of Thameslink and even more so when it became part of the line through to Brighton 😎 And now, it is essentially at the crux of London. If you’re going north or south through to London but need to get off, there’s a pretty good chance it’s Farringdon you’re going to use to interchange now, and more so when the other tunnels open up and it stops being so truncated. 🤓 So yeah, it is a great station and I am personally glad that little old Farringdon, which as a kid I actually felt a bit sorry for, is now an essential hub at the heart of the City. I still can’t help pity Barbican a bit though. They were both much of a muchness until fairly recently in significance. But now, Farringdon is a hub and Barbican has gone back to being just another stop on the circle 🤷🏻‍♂️ By the way, I suspect that the reason there is no roundel on the sign for Barbican is perhaps because if you are going to join the underground to travel in the clockwise direction, you can’t reach that platform directly via the lift, thus it is much quicker to just get on at Farringdon: and if you are going the other way it makes sense to just go to Farringdon instead as otherwise you’re walking all that way just to go back on yourself…though I may be reading too much into that of course 😉 Cheers Geoff, great stuff as ever mate 👍🍀🍻

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Geoff another cracking video. I’m travelling to London tonight from Edinburgh just to have a look and go on the CrossElizPurp line. Then travelling back tomorrow night 😂Call me sad but I think it’s briliiant.

It great to see Geoff skidding around on the floor, massive commitment to his craft.

Did I imagine it or did Louis have purple train coloured nails? Awesomeness.

I am an international student living near Farringdon Station and this makes my life so much easier to go to Heathrow! No more Piccadilly line whose squeaks and noise that tears my ears apart nor Heathrow Express or Uber that tears my bank account apart!!

I love love love Louie's purple nails!

With his speech, details and enthusiasm Geoff Marshall gets me hypnotised every single video.

Good lord, I need a bex, a cup of tea & a lie down after all that! I'm not even in London lol- dunno how you keep up with it all, Geoff!

Thanks so much for always putting in lift or escalator information in your videos. My mother is 82. I travel frequently with her. Anytime I’m coming to London I check out the tube stations I am most likely to use and watch your Videos.

Crossrail really does seem to have created some crazy station layouts

At 11:09, that's my mate Raz - a really cool guy. He was really pleased when you and Louie took a selfie with him. Great vid as always, Geoff!

Farringdon is probably the closest London has to a Central Station now. When everything is cut in, you'll be able to reach as far east as Shenfield and Rainham, as far west as Reading, as far south as Brighton and as far north as Peterborough

I went on this train yesterday and Saturday and it’s faster than the underground. 😊😊😊