Look around London: Farringdon station

A vital transport hub in London.

Transcript

00:00Hello and welcome to another edition of Look Around London.

00:04Farringdon Station is one of London's busiest transport hubs, sitting right on the edge of the city and Clerkenwell.

00:10Originally opened in 1863, it was part of the world's very first Underground Railway, the Metropolitan Railway.

00:17Today, it's a major interchange linking the London Underground, the Thameslink and now the Elizabeth Line.

00:24That makes it one of only a handful of stations where you can travel directly from Heathrow and Gatwick Airport without changing trains.

00:32The station's importance has grown massively with the Elizabeth Line. Journeys to Canary Wharf, Paddington or even Heathrow are now much faster.

00:42Architecturally, the station blends Victorian heritage with modern design featuring bright concourses and step-free access.

00:50That's it for this edition of Look Around London.

00:54What's happening?

00:55That's it for us.

00:56All right, we're having fun tonight.

00:57You can see a special thing here.

00:58In the back of this break, you're gonna have fun.

00:59The right track is playing with you.

01:00The centre of the city.

01:01Yeah.

01:02All right, so the back of it.

01:03The north will be a perfect place.

01:04All right, so we're having fun.

01:05ulk to the south and the north, the south is the south.

01:08The south is the south.

01:09The north is the south.

01:10The north is the south.

01:11I've got a little bit of a street.

01:12It's nice to see it.

01:13I've got a big wonderland.

01:14It's a beautiful trend with the north.

01:15It's a beautifulな, beautiful place around here.

01:16Where we are, before we are, I know!