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As of 2015, there are no plans or suggestions to build an Underground station at Ludgate Circus. However, there are long-term proposals to build an extension of the
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financial district, preliminary preparation work was begun in the 1970s, but the plan was later postponed due to lack of funds.
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station was eventually constructed near the Ludgate Circus site, but to serve the north–south
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When the Jubilee line was extended in the late 1990s, it took a different route south of the
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to Charing Cross, with stations planned at Ludgate Circus and
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Ludgate Circus is located in Central London
Ludgate Hill
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51°30′51″N 0°06′16″W / 51.51417°N 0.10444°W / 51.51417; -0.10444
London transport portal
London Underground
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Ludgate Circus
City of London
River Thames
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City Thameslink
St Paul's tube station
Docklands Light Railway

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