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The article touches on the Elizabeth line, but this area is a prime location Farringdon station is on both the Elizabeth line and Thameslink. I’d sort of griml
by zeristor 4y ago
The article touches on the Elizabeth line, but this area is a prime location Farringdon station is on both the Elizabeth line and Thameslink.
I’d sort of grimly expect that there’d be a rush to build tall office blocks all around the station, the sour taste of sweet progress.
Also it is just awkward to get to Smithfield from Farringdon, the station exit is a fair walk around a block, I had thought they could have opened station access directly to Smithfield.
- grahamm 4y agoThey (imho) ruined Spitalfields market when it was developed a decade or so ago. A similar large open space market that used to serve indoor independent food stalls; a market and indoor 5 a side football. Half of the market was lost to office buildings and most of the food became chain restaurants. The market does still exist but the overall elegance of the historic building has been desecrated.
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- bennyelv 4y agoI don't know, most Londoners quickly work out that for anything less than 3 stops on a tube line you could probably walk it in less time. You can walk to Smithfield from the Barbican, Chancery Lane, St Pauls, Blackfriars, Moorgate in less than 15 mins.
- will_asouka 4y agoThere's a new entrance to the Elizabeth line right on the market https://goo.gl/maps/xJ5c4NFaPZeZTQTK9 https://goo.gl/maps/xJ5c4NFaPZeZTQTK9
- jonatron 4y agoThe different entrances to stations are missing from most maps, and they're important on the Elizabeth line. If anyone knows a map which has them, or knows how to add them to a map (like a layer on OSM/Google), let me know!
- flipbrad 4y agoI see the one OP mentioned just fine on OpenStreetMap
- throwaway378037 4y agoFarringdon to Smithfield is about a 3-4 mins walk up Cowcross Street, pretty convenient