In message , at 13:36:52 on Tue, 4 Jul
2006, Ian F. remarked:
Although City Thameslink was originally called St Pauls Thameslink
(renamed in '91).

Wasn't it called Holborn Viaduct, or was that elsewhere?

Holborn Viaduct was an "overground" terminus station a little to the
north of the current KX Thameslink. Trains travelled to it from
Blackfriars using a bridge over Ludgate Hill (which also had a station
on the line at one time).

Between Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct there used to be a line which
dived down and into Snow Hill tunnel, just before the throat of Holborn
Viaduct.

There has been much redevelopment in the area, including the railway
line going "underground" much earlier (as it emerges from Blackfriars)
and the construction of City Thameslink, whose northern exit is pretty
much where Holborn Viaduct used to be.

City Thameslink was opened after the Thameslink line was re-opened, and
was briefly called St Pauls Thameslink (an obvious landmark from the
main southern exit). It's quite likely that the name was changed to
avoid confusion with the somewhat distant St Pauls tube station.
--
Roland Perry