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{{Infobox London station
| name          = Cannon Street
| alt_name      = London Cannon Street
| manager       = [[Network Rail]]
| owner         =
| locale        = [[Cannon Street]]
| borough       = [[City of London]]
| platforms     = 7
| fare_zone     = 1
| railcode      = CST
| railcode2     =
| dft_category  = A
| image_name    = Cannon Street station new building.JPG
| image_alt     =
| caption       = Main entrance
| coordinates   = {{coord|51.5104|-0.0907|type:railwaystation_region:GB-LND|display=inline,title}}
| map_type      = Central London
| years1        = 1 September 1866
| years2        = 5 June 1926
| years3        = 28 June 1926
| years4        = 5 August 1974
| years5        = 9 September 1974
| events1       = Opened
| events2       = Closed
| events3       = Reopened
| events4       = Closed
| events5       = Reopened
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'''Cannon Street station''', also known as '''London Cannon Street''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/CST/details.html |title=Station facilities for London Cannon Street |work=National Rail Enquiries |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612010452/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/CST/details.html |archive-date=12 June 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> is a [[London station group|central London railway terminus]] and connected [[London Underground]] station in [[List of stations in London fare zone 1|London fare zone 1]] located on [[Cannon Street]] in the [[City of London]] and managed by [[Network Rail]]. It is one of two London termini of the [[South Eastern Main Line]], the other being {{rws|Charing Cross}}, while the London Underground station is on the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]] and [[District line|District]] lines, between [[Mansion House tube station|Mansion House]] and [[Bank and Monument stations|Monument]] stations. The station runs services by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]], mostly catering for commuters in southeast London and Kent, with occasional services further into the latter.

The station was built on a site of the medieval [[steelyard]], the trading base in England of the [[Hanseatic League]]. It was built by the [[South Eastern Railway, UK|South Eastern Railway]] in order to have a railway terminal in the City and compete with the rival [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway]]. This required a new bridge across the [[River Thames]], which was constructed between 1863 and 1866. The station was initially a stop for continental services from Charing Cross, and that route was convenient for travel between the City and the [[West End of London|West End]], until the construction of the [[District Railway]]. It remained popular with commuters, though its off-peak services were discontinued in the early 20th century, leading to it being closed on Sundays for almost 100 years. The original hotel on the station was unsuccessful, and eventually closed. The station was controversially renovated in the late 1950s by [[John Poulson]], while further construction on top of the station building occurred during the City's 1980s property boom. The Poulson building was replaced in 2007 as part of a general renovation of the station to make it more accessible. As part of the [[Thameslink Programme]] development in the 2010s, it was re-opened on Sundays and began to offer more long-distance services in place of Charing Cross.

==Location==
[[File:Cannon street railway bridge 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Cannon Street Railway Bridge, 2005]]
Cannon Street is a terminal station, approached across the [[River Thames]] by the Cannon Street Railway Bridge. Its approach by rail is through a triangular connection to both {{stl|LUL|London Bridge}} and {{stnlnk|Charing Cross}}. It is one of eighteen stations in the country that are managed by [[Network Rail]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our stations |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/ |website=NetworkRail |access-date=10 December 2017}}</ref>

There were originally eight platforms; a refurbishment in the late 1990s removed the original platform 1.{{sfn|Christopher|2015|p=123}} It has entrances on [[Cannon Street]] itself and Dowgate Hill. It is located near [[London Stone]] (to the north of the station).

[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 15|15]] and [[London Buses route 17|17]] and night routes [[London Buses route N15|N15]] and [[London Buses route N199|N199]] serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/monument-and-cannon-street-a4-170723.pdf|title=Buses from Monument and Cannon Street|date=17 July 2023|website=TfL|access-date=2 August 2023|archive-date=2 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802102421/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/monument-and-cannon-street-a4-170723.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/city-of-london-night-a4-170723.pdf|title=Night buses from City of London|date=17 July 2023|website=TfL|access-date=2 August 2023}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

==History==

===Original structure===
[[File:Cannon Street Station.jpg|thumb|left|Front of original station building, c. 1910]]

Cannon Street station was built on a site where the [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic]] merchants' [[Steelyard]] had been based from the 10th century until 1598.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=127}} The site was proposed in 1860 by the [[South Eastern Railway, UK|South Eastern Railway]] (SER) in response to its rival, the [[London, Chatham & Dover Railway]] (LC&DR), extending a line into the [[City of London]] as far north as [[Ludgate Hill]]. The SER had already made plans to extend its line towards {{rws|Charing Cross}}, but decided that it should complement this with a terminus in the City.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=172}}

In 1861, the company obtained an act of Parliament for a station in Cannon Street, a short distance from [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]] and the [[Bank of England]].{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=172}} In addition to taking traffic from the LC&DR, the new station would provide a direct railway link between the City and the [[West End of London|West End]], over which a journey could be made in a fraction of the time taken travelling by road.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=114}} The approach was a {{convert|60|chain|adj=on}} branch of the line to Charing Cross, west of London Bridge. Work started on the station and its approach in July 1863.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=173}} The construction work was undertaken by [[Lucas Brothers (company)|Lucas Brothers]].<ref name=ice>{{cite journal|url= https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/imotp.1896.19616|title=Obituary: Charles Thomas Lucas 1820-1895|journal=Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers|year=1896|volume=124|issue=1896|page=440|publisher=Institution of Civil Engineers|doi=10.1680/imotp.1896.19616|access-date=21 October 2021|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The station was opened on 1 September 1866{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=173}} at a cost of £4 million (now £{{inflation|UK|4|1866}} million).{{sfn|Ball|Sunderland|2002|p=214}} The original building was designed by [[John Hawkshaw|Sir John Hawkshaw]] and [[John Wolfe-Barry]] and was characterised by its two [[Christopher Wren]]-style towers, {{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}} square and {{convert|135|ft|m|abbr=on}} high, which faced on to the [[River Thames]]. The towers supported an iron train shed, {{convert|700|ft|m|abbr=on}} long and crowned by a high single arch, almost semicircular, of glass and iron. The station is carried over [[Thames Street, London|Upper Thames Street]] on a brick viaduct, {{convert|700|ft|m|abbr=on}} long and containing 27 million bricks.{{sfn|McCarthy|McCarthy|2009|p=69}} Below this viaduct exist the remains of a number of Roman buildings, which form a [[scheduled monument]].{{sfn|Allinson|Thornton|2014|p=58}} The bridge was open to pedestrians between 1872 and 1877; they paid a toll of [[Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin)|½d]].{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=173}}

[[File:Cannon Street Station 2.jpg|thumb|left|Original station viewed from the railway bridge, c. 1910]]
The five-storey City Terminus Hotel, which fronted the station, was opened in May 1867. It was an [[Italianate]] style hotel and forecourt, designed by [[Edward Middleton Barry|E. M. Barry]], and it provided many of the station's passenger facilities, as well as an appropriate architectural frontispiece to the street. This arrangement was very similar to that put in place at Charing Cross.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=175}} The hotel was also built by [[Lucas Brothers (company)|Lucas Brothers]].<ref name=ice/> The hotel was not profitable, and was over £47,000 (now £{{inflation|UK|47000|1870|fmt=c|r=-3}}) in debt by 1870.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=120}} The City Terminus Hotel was renamed the Cannon Street Hotel in 1879.{{sfn|Christopher|2015|p=123}} In July 1920, the hotel was the venue for the [[Foundation Congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain|Foundation Congress]]  of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]]. Most of the hotel was closed in 1931, but the public rooms were kept open for meetings. The rest were converted into offices and renamed Southern House.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=175}} The hotel is referred to in The Fire Sermon section of [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[The Waste Land]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land |title=The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot |first=Poetry |last=Foundation |date=15 May 2019 |website=Poetry Foundation}}</ref>

Upon its opening Cannon Street station was a stopping point for all services to and from Charing Cross, including boat trains to Continental Europe. A shuttle service between the two stations ran every 20 minutes and became a popular way of travelling between the City and the West End.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=175}} However, the opening of the [[District Railway]] as far as [[Blackfriars tube station|Blackfriars]] caused traffic to decline, and its extension to [[Mansion House tube station|Mansion House]] the following year reduced it further. The SER's route could not compete with the Underground, which was more direct and reliable,{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=176}} but suburban traffic to Cannon Street remained significant, and the bridge was widened to {{convert|120|ft}} in the late 1880s, allowing ten tracks with sidings. The rebuilt bridge was opened on 13 February 1892.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=177}} The signal boxes outside the station were upgraded the following year.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=124}}

The SER merged with the LC&DR in 1899 to form the [[South Eastern and Chatham Railway]] (SECR). The following year, the station was earmarked for part-time closures as it relied primarily on business travel, but this was rejected. A further proposal was a monorail running between London Bridge and Cannon Street, at an estimated cost of £100,000; this was also abandoned.{{sfn|Gray|1998|p=41}} The [[London and Southwestern Railway]] (LSWR) became interested in using Cannon Street as a terminus, as it would allow a connection between [[London Waterloo railway station|Waterloo]] and the City.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=119}}

===War and inter-war years===
[[File:England - NARA - 68154786 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view, 1920s]]
Work on strengthening the bridge, by the addition of six new {{convert|443|ft|adj=on}} girders in between the existing ones, was completed in 1913.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=177}}

Most Cannon Street train services ceased during [[World War I]]. Continental boat trains were stopped on 15 November 1914 and rerouted to Victoria. The station stopped being served by through services from Charing Cross on 31 December 1916, and was closed on Sundays. Services were reduced further on 1 May 1918, when it was closed after 3&nbsp;p.m. on Saturdays and between 11&nbsp;a.m. and 4&nbsp;p.m. Mondays to Fridays. This allowed Cannon Street to be used as a goods depot for war supplies.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|pp=177–178}}

[[File:Ian R.E. Strang - Cannon Street Station - 1923 - Strang-Cannon.jpg|thumb|The station in 1923, in an etching by [[Ian Strang]] ]]

Between 5 and 28 June 1926, the station was closed to allow the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]] to carry out various works, including the rebuilding of the platforms, relaying of the tracks and installation of a new system of electrical signalling – the four-aspect colour light scheme. The station was also renovated and the glass roof cleaned. The number of platforms was reduced from nine to eight, with five set aside for the new electric trains. The signal box spanning the width of the railway bridge was removed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cannon Street Station Reopened |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=29 June 1926 |page=8 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS135469789&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In July 1939, Cannon Street was closed for a week following a fire in [[Borough Market]] which prevented any trains accessing it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cannon Street Station Reopened |newspaper=The Times |date=25 July 1939 |page=9 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS153040121&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The station, which had been subject to structural neglect prior to [[World War II]], suffered extensive bomb damage and was hit by several incendiary devices which damaged the roof. In 1943 a high explosive also hit platform 8.<ref>{{cite news |title=London Termini Bomb Damage |newspaper=The Times |date=19 November 1943 |page=8 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS136265075&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The original glass roof had been removed before the war, in an attempt to save it; however, the factory in which the roof was stored was itself badly bombed, destroying the roof.{{sfn|Christopher|2015|p=123}}

===Redevelopment===
[[File:Cannon Street Station (8417710796).jpg|thumb|upright|Cannon Street station in 1969, showing the easterly of the twin towers]]
Following [[History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994#The 1940s: Nationalisation|nationalisation of the railways]] in 1948, the station was managed by the [[Southern Region of British Railways]]. The station's prime location coupled with the property boom of the 1950s and the need for [[British Rail]] to seek alternative revenue streams made war-damaged Cannon Street a key target for property developers.<ref name=times55/> Steam trains stopped running from Cannon Street in 1961{{sfn|Davies|Grant|1983|p=47}}

Various plans were mooted for the reconstruction of the station, from the installation of a new ticket hall and concourse under Southern House in 1955 as part of British Rail's [[History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994#The Modernisation Plan|Modernisation Plan]] to the construction of a car park estimated to cost £125,000 (now £{{inflation|UK|125000|1955|fmt=c|r=-3}})<ref name=times55>{{cite news |title=Rebuilding of Cannon Street Station |newspaper=The Times |date=17 November 1955 |page=15 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS252269937&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and even a helipad.{{efn|The preferred site was the old [[Nine Elms]] goods yard in [[Battersea]]}}<ref>{{cite news |title=First Choice for Helicopter Site |work=The Times |date=3 March 1962 |page=6 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS102851171&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1962, the [[British Transport Commission]] entered into an agreement with Town & Country Properties for the construction of a multi-storey office building above the station with {{convert|154000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of floor space. The cost of the development was £2.35&nbsp;million (now £{{inflation|UK|2.35|1965}} million) and it was scheduled for completion by June 1965.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big New Buildings Over Two London Termini |newspaper=The Times |date=22 March 1962 |page=12 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS203645558&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In preparation for redevelopment, the remains of the train shed roof had been demolished in 1958, and Barry's hotel (which had been used as offices since 1931) soon followed in 1960.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=128}} The architect selected to design the new building was [[John Poulson]] who was good friends with Graham Tunbridge, a British Rail surveyor whom he had met during the war. Poulson took advantage of this friendship to win contracts for the redevelopment of various British Rail termini. He paid Tunbridge a weekly income of £25 and received in return building contracts, including the rebuilding of [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo]] and [[East Croydon station]]s. At his trial in 1974, Poulson admitted that, shortly before receiving the Cannon Street building contract, he had given Tunbridge a cheque for £200 and a suit worth £80.<ref>{{cite news |title=John Poulson tells of gifts to rail man |newspaper=The Times |date=15 January 1974|page=4|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS68254255&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Poulson was later found guilty of corruption charges and given a seven-year concurrent sentence; Tunbridge received a 15-month suspended sentence and a £4,000 fine for his role in the affair.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seven-year concurrent sentence on Mr Poulson|newspaper=The Times|date=16 March 1974 |page=3|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS50559600&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

All that now remains of the original station architecture are the twin {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}} yellow brick towers at the country-end and parts of the low flanking walls.{{sfn|Christopher|2015|p=123}}

===Modern era===
[[File:Cannon Street Station 3.jpg|thumb|right|[[John Poulson]]'s office block in 2007 prior to redevelopment]]
The station's twin brick towers were [[listed building|listed Grade II]] in 1972.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1192326 |desc=Pair of Towers at Cannon Street Station: Western Tower to Cannon Street Station |grade=II |access-date=20 April 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1359145 |desc=Eastern Tower to Cannon Street Station: Pair of Towers at Cannon Street Station |grade=II |access-date=20 April 2020 }}</ref> In 1974, the station was closed for five weeks from 2 August to 9 September to enable alterations to be made to the track and the approaches to London Bridge to be resignalled. Traffic was diverted to London Bridge, Charing Cross and {{stl|LUL|Blackfriars}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cannon Street station closing for five weeks|newspaper=The Times|date=29 July 1974|page=3|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS51477245&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> On 4 March 1976, a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) bomb of about 10&nbsp;lb (4.5&nbsp;kg) exploded on an empty commuter train leaving Cannon Street, injuring eight people on another train travelling alongside.{{efn|Had the bomb exploded 13 minutes earlier it would have caused widespread carnage as the train had been carrying hundreds of commuters on a service from [[Sevenoaks railway station|Sevenoaks]].<ref name=sevenoaks/>}}<ref name=sevenoaks>{{cite news|title=Thirteen minutes saved hundreds on the 7.49 from Sevenoaks|work=The Times|date=5 March 1976|page=2|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS33783397&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

On 15 February 1984, it was reported in ''[[The Times]]'' that Cannon Street was to close. At the time, the station had been closed for weekends and evenings, and the publication of British Rail's new timetable for 1984–1985 revealed that it would lose all its direct off-peak services to the south-east. Services from Sevenoaks, {{stnlnk|Orpington}}, {{stnlnk|Hayes}}, {{stnlnk|Dartford}}, {{stnlnk|Sidcup}}, {{stnlnk|Bexleyheath}}, {{stnlnk|Woolwich}}, [[Lewisham station|Lewisham]] and [[Greenwich station|Greenwich]] would instead terminate at {{stl|LUL|London Bridge}} except during peak hours.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cannon Street rail station 'near to closure'|newspaper=The Times|date=15 February 1984|page=2|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS34180687&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> This was denied by British Rail (Southern)'s manager David Kirby, who pointed out that it had invested £10&nbsp;million in redecking the railway bridge, and that passengers travelling from the south-east during off-peak hours would most likely be visiting the [[West End of London|West End]] and not [[City of London|the City]].<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Kirby|title=Cannon Street Station|newspaper=The Times|date=22 February 1984|page=15|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS252939862&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1986, the twin towers were restored in a project costing £242,000 (now £{{inflation|UK|242000|1972|fmt=c|r=-3}}). The works revealed that the east tower still contained a large water tank which was used during the days of steam traction to replenish locomotives and to power the station's hydraulic systems. The brickwork was repaired, cleaned and repointed, and the [[weather vane]]s gilded to complement the dome of nearby [[St Paul's Cathedral]]. This work was one of the Railway Heritage Trust's first projects and coincided with an exhibition held in the station in August of the same year to mark its 150th anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|title=Restoration at Cannon Street|newspaper=The Times|date=2 December 1985|page=2|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS34312578&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

[[File:Plumber's Apprentice.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The ''Plumber's Apprentice'' by [[Martin Jennings]], unveiled in 2011 to mark the 400th anniversary of the [[Worshipful Company of Plumbers]] whose Guild Hall was demolished to make way for the station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/plumber-s-apprentice-statue |title=Statue: Plumber's Apprentice statue |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=London Remembers |access-date=30 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408005949/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/plumber-s-apprentice-statue |archive-date=8 April 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>]]
In the 1980s, there was another property boom and British Rail again began looking into further commercial uses of the Cannon Street landspace, including {{convert|500000|sqft}} of office space.<ref>{{cite news|first=Judith|last=Hutley|title=BR names Cannon St shortlist|newspaper=The Times|date=17 March 1986|page=20|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF500456800&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The [[air rights]] over the platforms to the rear of Poulson's office were sold to Speyhawk which appointed [[Bovis Construction]] to build a free-standing structure comprising two office blocks on a 6,000 tonne steel deck constructed over the station's eight platforms.{{sfn|Christopher|2015|p=123}} The Cannons Club, a sports club, was founded beneath the station's arches around this time, and quickly became one of the most prestigious [[squash (sport)|squash]] clubs in the country. [[InterCity]], the high-speed arm of British Rail, subsequently sponsored the National Squash Championships and National Squash Challenge.<ref>{{cite news|first=Colin|last=McQuillan|title=Branching out with more support|newspaper=The Times|date=17 September 1986|page=37|access-date=18 July 2017|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF501698917&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The larger office block, the "Atrium building", provides {{convert|190000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of office space on six floors and is linked to the smaller building, the "River building", via a glazed link raised through a central glazed atrium. The River building, which has two storeys, is built on the steel deck and contained within the station's two flank walls, which were rebuilt, providing {{convert|95000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of office space. This building projects slightly beyond the restored twin towers which form the riverside boundary to the development.<ref>{{cite news|title=Construction Contracts: Building Over Busy Station|work=Financial Times|date=6 March 1989}}</ref> The Atrium building was later let to the [[London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange|London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe)]]. The River building has a {{convert|1|acre|ha}} roof garden. The project cost around £500,000 and was laid to comply with planning restrictions which required the building to be low and flat to maintain the sight lines from St Paul's to [[Tower Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news|title=City garden feels the frost|work=The Times|date=27 November 1991|page=40|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF501903210&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

[[File:Cannon Street station seen from The Shard. Evening 2019-09-22.jpg|thumb|Cannon Street station seen from [[The Shard]], showing roof garden and twin towers]]
Planning permission was granted in March 2007 to replace the Poulson building, with a new air rights building designed by Foggo Associates.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/dailynews/foggo_wins_green_light_for_cannon_street_station_redesign.html|title=Foggo Wins Green Light for Cannon Street Station Redesign|publisher=Architects Journal|date=21 March 2007}}</ref> [[Gerald D. Hines|Hines]], the US developer, led a £360&nbsp;million project involving the demolition of Poulson's office block, replacing it with a mixed-use development containing more than {{convert|400000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of office space alongside {{convert|17000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of station retail space.{{sfn|Allinson|Thornton|2014|p=58}} The redevelopment was part of a larger regeneration programme undertaken by [[Network Rail]] to modernise and "unlock the commercial potential" of the main London termini; {{stnlnk|Euston}} and {{stl|LUL|London Bridge}} were also redeveloped. Network Rail's director of commercial property said that the finished station would be "less congested and more accessible for passengers."<ref>{{cite news|title=Cannon Street to lead revamp of stations|newspaper=The Times|date=6 April 2007|page=55|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF503522467&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Cannon Street won the award for "Major Station of the Year" at the 2013 National Rail Awards.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Boom time for Cannon Street station |first=Paul |last=Prentice |magazine=[[RAIL (magazine)|RAIL]] |date=27 November 2013 |issue=736 |pages=48–53 |issn=0953-4563}}</ref>

In January 2015, the station's opening hours were extended to 0500–0100 Monday to Sunday (prior to this, the station had been closed on Sundays and during the evenings), and several services which previously terminated at Charing Cross were diverted to Cannon Street as a result of [[Thameslink Programme]] works. Some of these services reverted to terminating at Charing Cross following the completion of the works, while services from the [[Greenwich line]] and from [[New Cross railway station|New Cross]] and [[St Johns railway station|St Johns]] will permanently run to Cannon Street due to the removal of the Spa Road Junction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernrailway.com/download/32760/january-impacts/|title=Impacts and Travel Advice|publisher=Southern Railway|date=January 2015|access-date=18 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420133712/http://www.southernrailway.com/download/32760/january-impacts/|archive-date=20 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/four-weeks-to-go-before-cross-london-thameslink-trains-stop-calling-at-london-bridge-rail-station|title=Four Weeks To Go Before Cross-London Thameslink Trains Stop Calling At London Bridge|work=Network Rail News|date=25 November 2014|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>

==National Rail==
[[File:Cannon Street 2020.jpg|thumb|right|The station viewed from the south bank of the Thames, 2020]]
The station connects the south side of the City to south and south-east London via {{stl|LUL|London Bridge}} station. Some services run directly into Cannon Street from [[Kent]] and [[East Sussex]], but generally only during peak hours. Occasionally during the weekends when track maintenance is in progress, the station serves as an intermediate station between London Bridge and {{stnlnk|Charing Cross}}. Either trains reverse at the station or rail passengers change trains here. From 1918 to 2015, the station was closed on Sundays; this changed with Southeastern's introduction of a new timetable from January 2015 which resulted in the station's opening hours being extended over the entire week,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamlondonbridge.co.uk/newsdetails.aspx?ref=2889 |title=Southeastern consults on changes to timetable in December 2014 |work=Team London Bridge |date=9 January 2014 |access-date=29 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003061510/http://www.teamlondonbridge.co.uk/newsdetails.aspx?ref=2889 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> except when engineering works require its closure and most services can be diverted to Charing Cross.<ref>{{cite news |last=Collier |first=Hatty |url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/12898684.London_Bridge_and_Cannon_Street_closed_to_Southeastern_passengers_on_Sunday/ |title=London Bridge and Cannon Street closed to Southeastern passengers on Sunday |work=[[News Shopper]] |date=18 April 2015 |access-date=29 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809032049/http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/12898684.London_Bridge_and_Cannon_Street_closed_to_Southeastern_passengers_on_Sunday/ |archive-date=9 August 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the same way, many trains can be diverted to Cannon Street if engineering works affect Charing Cross.

===Services===
All services at London Cannon Street are operated by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] using {{brc|375}}, {{brc|376|n}}, {{brc|465|n}}, {{brc|466|n}} and {{brc|707|n}} [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]].

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>{{NRtimes|June 2024|181, 184, 186}}</ref>
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Orpington}} via {{stnlnk|Grove Park}}
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Slade Green}} via {{stnlnk|Bexleyheath}}, returning to London Cannon Street via {{stn|Woolwich Arsenal}} and {{stn|Greenwich}}
* 2 tph to Slade Green via Greenwich and Woolwich Arsenal, returning to London Cannon Street via Bexleyheath
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Dartford}} via {{stnlnk|Lewisham}} and Woolwich Arsenal

During peak hours, there are also additional services to {{stnlnk|Ashford International}}, {{stnlnk|Tunbridge Wells}}, {{stnlnk|Hastings}} and {{stnlnk|Ore}}, and to {{stnlnk|Ramsgate}} and {{stnlnk|Dover Priory}} via {{stnlnk|Chatham|Medway}}.<ref name=tt>{{cite web|url=https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/more-travel-help/station-information/stations/london-cannon-street|title=Timetables for London Cannon Street|publisher=Southeastern|id=Select an individual timetable to verify the service information|access-date=19 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719120708/https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/more-travel-help/station-information/stations/london-cannon-street|archive-date=19 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Accidents and incidents===
*On 26 December 1867, seven passengers and three train crew members were injured when, "during a very thick fog", a train arriving at Cannon Street from [[Greenwich station|Greenwich]] collided with another from [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo]] due to a signaller's error.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=2888|title=Accident at Cannon Street on 26th December 1867 :: The Railways Archive|website=www.railwaysarchive.co.uk}}</ref>
*On 27 June 1914, one person was killed and 20 were injured in a collision and subsequent derailment at Cannon Street. A train departing for {{rws|Hastings}} was in a side-long collision with a train arriving, across its path, from {{rws|Plumstead}} and, although the collision occurred at low speed, part of the Plumstead service was derailed and one of its carriages overturned. The driver of the Plumstead service was blamed for a failure to observe, and a misreading of, signals which took his train into the path of the Hastings-bound service. An investigation found the man who died was likely leaning out of the window at the moment his carriage overturned, and he might have avoided serious injury had he been seated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=407|title=Accident at Cannon Street on 27th June 1914 :: The Railways Archive|website=www.railwaysarchive.co.uk}}</ref>
*On 16 July 1919, 75 people were injured or left shaken when a train arriving from {{rws|Dartford}} hit the buffers at the end of Cannon Street's platform seven. Twelve of the injured required hospital treatment. A [[Board of Trade]] report into the incident blamed "an error of judgment" on the driver's part while he was braking on his approach to the platform end.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2278|title=Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Cannon Street on 16th July 1919 :: The Railways Archive|website=www.railwaysarchive.co.uk}}</ref>
*On 11 May 1941, the station was bombed in a [[Luftwaffe]] air raid. [[SR V class]] [[4-4-0]] No. 934  ''St. Lawrence'' was severely damaged.<ref name=Earnshaw8>{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8 |year=1993 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-52-4 |page=20 }}</ref>
*On 20 March 1951, a [[diesel electric multiple unit]] and an [[electric multiple unit]] were in a side-long collision when the driver of the latter misread signals.<ref name=Earnshaw5>{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5 |year=1989 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-35-4 |pages=40–41 }}</ref>
*On 5 April 1957, the signal box was destroyed by a fire due to an electrical fault. The station was consequently put out of action. Using hand signals, a skeleton service was put in place on 8 April. A temporary signal box was erected which came into operation on 5 May. Steam locomotives were temporarily banned from using the station, with [[British Rail Class 201|Hastings Units]] being introduced into service earlier than planned. A full service was resumed from 6 May. Construction of a new signal box began on 19 April and it came into service on 16 December.<ref name=Glover>{{cite book |title=Southern Electric |first=John |last=Glover |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Hersham |year=2001 |pages=138–39 |isbn=0-7110-2807-9}}</ref>
*On 20 March 1961, a side-long collision and partial derailment resulted in injury to 12 people aboard an arriving service whose driver inadvertently passed a red signal and ran into an empty train as it left Cannon Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=410|title=Accident at Cannon Street on 20th March 1961 :: The Railways Archive|website=www.railwaysarchive.co.uk}}</ref>
*On 4 March 1976, [[Cannon Street train bombing|a bomb exploded]] on an empty electric multiple unit at the station. Eight people in an adjacent train were injured.<ref name=Moody>{{cite book |title=Southern Electric 1909–1979 |first=G. T. |last=Moody |orig-year=1957 |year=1979 |edition=Fifth |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |location=Shepperton |page=231 |isbn=0-7110-0924-4}}</ref>
* On 20 August 1989, the [[Marchioness disaster|''Marchioness'' pleasure boat sank]] close to Cannon Street Railway Bridge, killing 51 people.{{sfn|Christopher|2015|p=124}}
*On 8 January 1991, [[Cannon Street station rail crash|two people were killed and hundreds were injured]] when an electric multiple unit failed to stop on a dead-end platform and collided with the buffers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_4091000/4091741.stm|title=On this Day : 8 January 1991: One dead as train crashes into buffers|work=BBC News|access-date=17 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108160834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_4091000/4091741.stm|archive-date=8 January 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==London Underground==
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The London Underground station is sub-surface, situated immediately below the main line station. It is served by the [[District line|District]] and [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle line]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf|title=Standard Tube Map|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=19 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625083557/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf|archive-date=25 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Entrances are located on Cannon Street, Dowgate Hill, and on the main line concourse upstairs at the National Rail station, providing an interconnection for commuters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5115103,-0.0908027,3a,75y,79.66h,83.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEFgTBF1MFT_tj2iqWBZ-ww!2e0!7i13312!8i6656|title=Cannon Street Underground Station|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref> Since 2018, [[out of station interchange]] has been permitted between Cannon Street and [[Bank and Monument stations|Bank station]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citymetric.com/transport/london-s-tube-map-needs-rethink-how-it-shows-bankmonument-interchange-4425|title=London's Tube Map needs to rethink how it shows Bank / Monument interchange|work=City Metric|date=11 January 2019|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112201001/https://www.citymetric.com/transport/london-s-tube-map-needs-rethink-how-it-shows-bankmonument-interchange-4425|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===History===
By 1876, the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (MR) and [[District Railway]] (DR) had constructed the majority of the Inner Circle (now the Circle line), reaching {{stl|LUL|Aldgate}} and {{stl|LUL|Mansion House}} respectively.{{sfn|Day|Reed|2008|pp=255–256}} The companies were in dispute over the completion of the route as the DR was struggling financially and the MR was concerned that completion would affect its revenues through increased competition from the DR in the City area. In 1874, city financiers who were keen to see the line completed established the Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway (MICCR) to link Mansion House to Aldgate.{{sfn|Brandon|2013|p=58}}{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=64}} Forced into action, the MR bought out the company, and it and the DR began construction of the final section of the Inner Circle in 1879.{{sfn|Brandon|2013|p=58}}

On 6 October 1884, the final section of the Inner Circle was opened, along with Cannon Street station.{{sfn|Lee|1956|p=47}} Initially, the station was served by trains of both companies as part of the circular Inner Circle service, but various operational patterns have been used during the station's life.{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=65}} The Inner Circle service achieved a separate identity as the Circle line in 1949, although its trains were still provided by the District or Metropolitan lines.{{sfn|Martin|2012|p=66}}

A station here was part of the abandoned phase two expansion of the Fleet line (now [[Jubilee line]]). It had originally been planned in 1943, and was revived as a major transport plan in 1965.{{sfn|Mitchell|2003|p=1}} London Transport spent £10m (now £{{inflation|UK|10|1972}}m) in 1972 safeguarding the route underneath Cannon Street and building reinforcements for laying a tube in the water-bearing ground around the station. The plan was abandoned in the early 1980s in favour of the current extension further south.{{sfn|Mitchell|2003|p=3-4}}

The Underground station underwent major reconstruction at the same time as the main line station, with the work being completed in 2012. From 14 December 2014, the station's opening hours changed significantly, with the station opening on Sundays and no longer closing early in the evenings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenorthbank.org/northbank-news/increased-service-of-district-line-trains-from-14th-dec/|title=Increased Services of District Line Trains from 14 Dec|work=Northbank News|access-date=19 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404130041/https://www.thenorthbank.org/northbank-news/increased-service-of-district-line-trains-from-14th-dec/|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station previously had restricted opening hours because it primarily served the local financial services sector, so there was low demand for services outside office hours. However, with the main line station's opening hours being extended due to the [[Thameslink Programme]], the Underground station's opening hours were changed to accommodate the additional passengers.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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===Sources===
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* {{cite book |last1=Allinson|first1=Ken|last2=Thornton|first2=Victoria|title=London's Contemporary Architecture: An Explorer's Guide|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=978-1-317-69046-7}}
* {{cite book |last1=Ball|first1=Michael|last2=Sunderland|first2=David|title=An Economic History of London 1800–1914|year=2002|isbn=978-1-134-54030-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Brandon|first=David|title=London And The Victorian Railway|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|year=2013|isbn=978-1-445-62926-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Christopher|first=John|title=London's Historic Railway Stations Through Time|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|year=2015|isbn=978-1-445-65111-8}}
* {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=John R. |last2=Reed |first2=John |title=The Story of London's Underground |edition=10th |year=2008 |orig-year=1963 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=978-1-85414-316-7 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Davies|first1=R.|last2=Grant|first2=M.D.|title=London and its Railways|publisher=David & Charles|year=1983|isbn=0-7153-8107-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Gray|first=Adrian|title=South Eastern Railway|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1990|isbn=978-0-906520-85-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Gray|first=Adrian|title=South Eastern and Chatham Railways|publisher=Middleton Press|year=1998|isbn=1-901706-08-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Jackson|first=Alan| year = 1984 |orig-year=1969 | title = London's Termini | publisher = David & Charles | edition=New Revised| isbn = 0-330-02747-6|location=London}}
* {{cite book |last=Lee|first=Charles Edward|title=The Metropolitan District Railway|publisher=Oakwood Press|year=1956}}
* {{cite book |last=Martin|first=Andrew|title=Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube|publisher=Profile Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1-847-65807-4}}
* {{cite book |last1=McCarthy |first1=Colin |last2=McCarthy |first2=David |title = Railways of Britain – London North of the Thames |publisher = Ian Allan Publishing |location= Hersham, Surrey |isbn=978-0-7110-3346-7 |year=2009 }}
* {{cite book| last=Mitchell|first=Bob|title=Jubilee Line Extension: From Concept to Completion|publisher=Thomas Telford|year=2003|isbn=978-0-727-73028-2}}
* {{cite encyclopedia|last1=Weinreb|first1=Ben|last2=Hibbert|first2=Christopher|last3=Keay|first3=Julia|last4=Keay|first4=John|title=The London Encyclopedia|publisher=Pan MacMillan|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Charles E. |title=Cannon Street Station, 1866–1966, part one |magazine=Railway Magazine |date=August 1966 |pages=431–436 |issue=784 }}
*{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Charles E. |title=Cannon Street Station, 1866-1966, part two |magazine=Railway Magazine |date=September 1966 |pages=500–505 |issue=785 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Cannon Street station}}
* [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/ London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**{{LTM archive|1998-89749|Underground station, 1896}}
**{{LTM archive|1998-89861|Underground station and Cannon Street Hotel, 1916}}
**{{LTM archive|1998-72970|Booking hall, 1928}}
**{{LTM archive|1999-5125|Underground station entrance, 1939}}
**{{LTM archive|1998-66051|Main line and Underground station entrances, 1974}}
*[https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stations/cannon-street/ Station information] on Cannon Street railway station from [[Network Rail]]

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