What is Farringdon station?
{{Infobox London station | name = Farringdon station | symbol = underground | symbol2 = rail | image_name = File:Unit 387103 at Farringdon.JPG | caption = The [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]] [[British Rail Class 387|Class 387]] at platform 3 of Farringdon station with a Southbound service | manager = [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]] | manager1 = [[London Underground]] | fare_zone = 1 | locale = [[Farringdon, London|Farringdon]] | borough = [[City of London]] | access = yes | platforms = 4 (2 [[National Rail]] and 2 [[London Underground]]) | years1 = 10 January 1863 | events1 = Opened | coordinates = {{coord|51.520|-0.1053|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | railcode = ZFD }} '''Farringdon station''' is a [[London Underground]] and [[National Rail]] station in [[Clerkenwell]], just north of the [[City of London]] in the [[London Borough of Islington]]. == Current developments == Farringdon will, from 2017, be one of the country's busiest stations (if not the busiest station) by number of trains passing through, being served by both [[Crossrail]] and the upgraded [[Thameslink]] route, as well as the existing Underground lines.<ref>[http://archive.railwayherald.com/Issue232.pdf Railway Herald] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715151433/http://archive.railwayherald.com/Issue232.pdf |date=2011-07-15 }} PDF - see page 7</ref> === Thameslink upgrade === Farringdon station has been renovated, to allow longer Thameslink trains to fit, and to make other improvements to the station. The existing station building will be given a new roof canopy, and a new entrance and concourse facing Turnmill Street. Platforms will be made wider and longer, which will require the Cowcross Street bridge pillars to be moved. The bridge, along with the Cardinal Tower building, will be torn down and rebuilt once the pillars have been shifted.<ref>Network Rail (2004a) - pg.27, paragraph 2.6.5</ref>Cowcross Street will be made into a street for pedestrians only.<ref>{{cite web|