What is Cannon Street station?
{{Infobox London station | name = Cannon Street | symbol = rail | manager = Network Rail | locale = [[Cannon Street]] | borough = [[City of London]] | image_name = File:Cannon Street station MMB 07 465012.jpg | caption = A [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] [[British Rail Class 465|Class 465]] train is about to enter Cannon Street railway station. | platforms = 7 | railcode = CST | access = Yes | toilets = Yes | coordinates = {{coord|51.5104|-0.0907|type:railwaystation_region:GB-LND|display=inline,title}} | map_type = Central London | interchange = [[Bank–Monument station|Bank]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{rail-interchange|london|dlr}}, [[Mansion House tube station|Mansion House]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} | years1 = 1st September 1866 | events1 = Cannon Street station opened }} '''Cannon Street station'''<ref name=network_rail>{{ cite web | url =http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/765.aspx | title=Stations run by Network Rail | author= | publisher =Network Rail | accessdate=2009-08-23}}</ref><ref name=national_rail>Also known (but rarely) as 'London Cannon Street': {{cite web | url =http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/codes/ | title =Station Codes | author = | publisher =National Rail | accessdate =2009-08-23 | archive-date =2012-11-25 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121125233554/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/codes/ | url-status =dead }}</ref> is a central [[London]] [[Railway station terminus|railway terminus]] and [[London Underground]] station complex in the [[City of London]], the financial district of [[London]]. It is built on the site of the [[mediaeval]] [[Steelyard]], the trading base in England of the [[Hanseatic League]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 1]]. == Rail == This is a terminal station approached across the [[River Thames]] by the Cannon Street Railway Bridge, with entrances from Cannon Street and Dowgate Hill. Its approach by rail is by a triangular connection to both [[London Bridge station]] and [[Charing Cross railwa