Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street or simply Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground station on Cannon Street, in the City of London. It is built on the site of the medieval steelyard, the trading base in England of the Hanseatic League.
It is located in Travelcard zone 1 and is one of 18 railway stations in the United Kingdom managed by Network Rail.
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