Embankment tube station

Embankment London Underground
Entrance to Villiers Street
Embankment is located in Central London
Embankment
Embankment
Location of Embankment in Central London
LocationVictoria Embankment / Charing Cross
Local authorityCity of Westminster
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms6
Fare zone1
OSICharing Cross National Rail
Waterloo East National Rail
Waterloo National Rail
Embankment Pier London River Services[1]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 20.96 million[2]
2020Decrease 4.06 million[3]
2021Increase 8.25 million[4]
2022Increase 15.13 million[5]
2023Increase 17.05 million[6]
Key dates
30 May 1870Opened (DR)
1 February 1872Started "Outer Circle" (NLR)
1 August 1872Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR)
30 June 1900Ended "Middle Circle"
10 March 1906Opened (BS&WR)
31 December 1908Ended "Outer Circle"
6 April 1914Opened (CCE&HR)
13 September 1926Extended (Northern line)
1949Started (Circle line)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°30′25″N 0°07′19″W / 51.507°N 0.122°W / 51.507; -0.122
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Embankment is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known by various names during its history. It is served by the Bakerloo, Circle, District and Northern lines. On the Bakerloo line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line, the station is between Charing Cross and Waterloo stations. On the Circle and District lines, it is between Westminster and Temple stations. It is located in Travelcard Zone 1. The station has two entrances, one on Victoria Embankment and the other on Villiers Street. The station is adjacent to Victoria Embankment Gardens and is close to Charing Cross station, Embankment Pier, Hungerford Bridge, Cleopatra's Needle, the Royal Air Force Memorial, the Savoy Chapel and Savoy Hotel and the Playhouse and New Players Theatres.

The station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms opened on 30 May 1870 by the District Railway (DR) as part of the company's extension of the Inner Circle eastwards from Westminster to Blackfriars and deep-level platforms opened in 1906 by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) and 6 April 1914 by the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR). A variety of underground and main line services have operated over the sub-surface tracks and the CCE&HR part of the station was reconstructed in the 1920s.

  1. ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

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