Charing Cross是伦敦最中心的终端。
东南铁路已经在伦敦桥站存在了伦敦，然而，该公司很快就会意识到，从开发的南方通勤带上大量的乘客需要继续向城市和西端旅行。
Plans were made to extend their line from the station at London Bridge to the centre of the Capital, to tap into this growing and lucrative commuter market.
- 1859年：8月8日，以议会批准的Charing Cross Railway法案。
- 1862年: Work starts on the station.
- 1864年：1月，Charing Cross Station打开交通。
- 1865年：5月，Charing Cross Hotel打开。
- 1878年：Charing Cross Hotel延长。
- 1905：12月5日，约翰霍克夫的原始车站屋顶爵士倒塌。
- 1991.: Embankment Place opens making use of the air space above the station platforms.
- 2002年：Hungerford Bridge Millennium Project将打开两座新的铁路桥和原来的铁路桥。
The railway is authorised
Authorisation to build the Charing Cross Railway was given by Parliament in August 1859. This would extend the South Eastern Railway’s line from London Bridge over the River Thames and into a terminus located between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge. This area of London was already crowded and the site chosen was difficult.
The station was to be built on the site of Hungerford Market; having operated since the 17th century and only recently extended, the market had to be demolished. The station plans also required the relocation of St Thomas’ Hospital and the re-internment of bodies from the old College Burial Ground of St Mary, Lambeth.
在漫长的谈判关于所选网站的谈判之后，在1862年在车站上开始工作。该车站是由John Hawkshaw的6个末端平台和一个大型单跨度桁架拱形棚屋设计，屋顶164英尺宽，510英尺长。
它最初于1864年1月11日开放到交通，并迅速成为通勤者和大陆离开的繁忙车站，与伦敦桥梁站直接联系在一起，并向福克斯通和多佛。
The station frontage was provided by the elegant Charing Cross Hotel, designed by Edward Middleton Barry in the French Renaissance style. The hotel soon became one of the most fashionable hotels in London; accommodation and refreshment was provided for travellers making use of direct services from the City and West End to the south coast, where they could make their onward travel to the continent.
The Hungerford Bridge
除了车站，John Hawkshaw爵士还设计了洪佛罗里德桥，将铁路带到泰晤士河上并进入了Charing Cross。1845年，艾斯曼德王国布鲁内尔在同一点的泰晤士河上建造了一座悬架桥，现在必须拆除新的铁路桥。
两个码头中使用了ne布鲁内尔的桥梁w railway bridge and the suspension chains reused in the Clifton Bridge at Bristol. Contemporary with Charing Cross the Clifton Suspension Bridge was being built as a memorial to Brunel with Sir John Hawkshaw and William Henry Barlow as consultant engineers.
The Hungerford Bridge originally had 4 tracks and two footpaths on either side of the line. However one of the footpaths was later utilised to widen the bridge to 6 tracks to create more capacity on the approach to the station. Somewhat utilitarian for the tastes of the time, the Hungerford Bridge was criticised as being a dreary crossing across the river, a reputation it held onto until recently.
In 2002 the Hungerford Bridge Millennium Project designed and built new independent footbridges either side of the railway, transforming the look and feel of the original by suspending the walkways using steel pylons and cables.
灾难降临
In 1905 when work was being undertaken on Hawkshaw’s arched trainshed roof, a wrought iron tie rod snapped which caused a significant section of the roof to collapse and a wall to fall onto the adjacent Avenue Theatre. While there was time to clear the scene and suspend train services from the station, 6 people died in the accident.
What was left of the vaulted roof was taken down; as the subsequent enquiry raised questions about the original design and construction, the decision was taken to replace it with a flat ridge and furrow roof in 1906.
Charing Cross played an important role during the First World War as one of the main departure points for troops and supplies leaving for the western front. At this time the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (as the South Eastern Railway had become) also chose to concentrate its continental services at Victoria Station and the facilities for the overseas traveller, including the foreign language signs, were removed from Charing Cross.
空间
在20世纪80年代，该站被重新开发，并且在用于新办公室住宿的平台上方的空中空间。由Terry Farrell设计，堤防局在混凝土筏上放置在1906年的屋顶上。
该建筑没有突出进入车站的支撑柱，这允许空间保持开放和光感。从河边观看，堤防场所给予维多利亚时代的训练屋顶，从泰晤士河的岸上升起。
Today,Charing Cross仍然是一个繁忙的通勤站，每年处理超过3700万人。
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Hungerford Bridge是Claude Monet绘画的主题。