City Thameslink

City Thameslink station, Ludgate Hill, London
EC4M 7JH

City Thameslink at a glance

  • Ticket Office
  • Ticket Machine
  • Prepurchase Collection
  • Car Park
  • Step Free Access
  • Toilets
  • WiFi
  • Bus Services
  • Cycle Storage Sheltered

Station details

Accessibility Information

There is information about accessibility

Accessible Ticket Machines

Yes

Accessible Booking Office Counter

Yes

Customer Help Points

City Thameslink Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0:

Assistance Meeting Point


On the Ludgate Hill station concourse. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Height Adjusted Ticket Office Counter

There is no Low-Level counter here
There is no counter here

Lift Details

Lift, Ludgate Hill Entrance to Platform 2
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided outside and inside this lift
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift requires wheelchair users to reverse in or out
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths at least 0.8m wide

Lift, Ludgate Hill Entrance to Platform 1
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided outside and inside this lift
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift requires wheelchair users to reverse in or out
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths at least 0.8m wide

Lifts

There are lifts

National Key Toilets

Yes

Passenger Assistance

City Thameslink Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0
Location :

Assistance Meeting Point


On the Ludgate Hill station concourse. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Ramp For Train Access

Ramps are kept at this station to provide assistance

This station has level access between train and platform without assistance from staff.

Staff Help Available

This station has level access between train and platform without assistance from staff.

Step Free Access

A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s)

This is a Category B1 station: The Ludgate Hill entrance has step-free access (via lifts) to both platforms. The Holborn Viaduct entrance provides access to both platforms via stairs/escalators only. The Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct entrances are approx. 350m apart via the street).

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the ticket office.

Step Free Category

A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s)

Ticket Barriers

Yes

Wheelchairs Available

Yes

This station does not offer

Accessible Parking, Accessible Public Telephones, Accessible Taxis, Escalator Information, Impaired Mobility Set Down, Induction Loop, Nearest Accessible Stations

Contactless

Always check pay as you go with contactless is accepted at your destination before you tap in. For more information visit thameslinkrailway.com/contactless.

London Fare Zone

Zone 1

Oyster

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station. Always check Oyster is accepted at your destination before you tap in.


Top-up at Ticket Machine

Penalty Fares

Applicable Operators: Thameslink

Prepurchase Collection

Collect from Ticket Machine

Smartcards

For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Thameslink website.


Validators Available

Ticket Machine

Yes

Ticket Machine Accessibility

Ticket buying and collection, north concourse
Manoeuvring Space : There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair
Wheelchair Height : The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

Ticket buying and collection, south concourse
Manoeuvring Space : There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair
Wheelchair Height : The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

Ticket Office

Yes

This station does not offer

Travel Centre

Bus Services

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.

Cycle Storage Cctv

Yes

Cycle Storage Location

Located in Pilgrim Street.

Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed

Cycle Storage Spaces

28 spaces

Cycle Storage Type

Stands

Cycle Storage Availability

Yes

Rail Replacement Maps

Rail Replacement Bus Map - City Thameslink - https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/3pwSm7bFcM5OzVQOteJ0dP/a6c5d9cbc18a18d8ef9b6a1c9febdad4/2025-01_CI_TL_RRB_CTK_DR.pdf

Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

This station does not offer

Airport, Car Hire, Car Park, Cycle Hire, Cycle Storage Sheltered, Drop Off Pick Up, Parking Spaces, Port, Taxi Rank

Announcements

Announcements are made both visually and audibly

Help Points

There are Help Points

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the ticket office.


All Help Points have induction loops

Helpline

If you choose to travel unbooked (turn up and go), when the station is staffed, our station staff can provide assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Please contact a member of staff on arrival.

Trains calling at this station do not have on board staff. Alternatively, you can arrange assistance by:

  • Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
  • Calling our freephone number: 0800 058 2844
  • Texting us on 0800 138 1018

Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, we recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.

For further information on assisted travel please see:

Accessibility at the station - Thameslink.


0800 058 2844

Information Available

Yes - from help point

Lost Property

If you have lost something at a Thameslink station or onboard a Thameslink train, please visit the Thameslink Website and use the webform to register your lost item.

Some Thameslink trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.

If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

Staffing Level

Part time

This station does not offer

Customer Service, Left Luggage

Baby Change

Yes

CCTV

Yes

Information Points

There are information points

Information Services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
05:00:00.000 - 23:30:00.000

Saturday
08:00:00.000 - 21:00:00.000

Sunday
Unavailable

Printed Local Information

There is accessible printed information available

Shops

Yes

Refreshment Facilities

Yes

This station does not offer

Atm Machine, Bureau De Change, Defibrillator, First Class Lounge, Limited Service, Pay Phones, Post Box, Request Stop, Toilets, Trolleys, Waiting Room, WiFi

Departures and arrivals from City Thameslink

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