Back جنوب كينسينغتون (محطة مترو أنفاق لندن) Arabic Estació de South Kensington Catalan South Kensington (stanice metra v Londýně) Czech South Kensington Station Danish South Kensington (London Underground) German South Kensington geltokia Basque ایستگاه متروی کنزینگتون جنوبی Persian South Kensingtonin metroasema Finnish South Kensington (métro de Londres) French 騒斯肯成段站 GAN
South Kensington  | |
|---|---|
 Entrance to the Arcades leading to the station | |
  South Kensington Location of South Kensington in Central London | |
| Location | South Kensington |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  33.07 million[1] |
| 2020 |  9.81 million[2] |
| 2021 | 10.82 million[3] |
| 2022 | 24.33 million[4] |
| 2023 | 26.09 million[5] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1868 | Opened (MR) |
| 24 December 1868 | Started (DR) |
| 1 February 1872 | Started "Outer Circle" (NLR) |
| 1 August 1872 | Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR) |
| 30 June 1900 | Ended "Middle Circle" |
| 15 December 1906 | Opened (GNP&BR) |
| 31 December 1908 | Ended "Outer Circle" |
| 1949 | Started (Circle line) |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′39″N 0°10′26″W / 51.4941°N 0.1738°W |
 London transport portal | |
South Kensington is a London Underground station in the district of South Kensington, south west London. It is served by the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines.[6] On the District and Circle lines it is between Gloucester Road and Sloane Square, and on the Piccadilly line between Gloucester Road and Knightsbridge. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The main station entrance is located at the junction of Old Brompton Road (A3218), Thurloe Place, Harrington Road, Onslow Place and Pelham Street. Subsidiary entrances are located in Exhibition Road giving access by pedestrian tunnel to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums. Also close by are the Royal Albert Hall, Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the London branch of the Goethe-Institut and the Ismaili Centre.
The station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms opened in 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway as part of the companies' extension of the Inner Circle route eastwards from Gloucester Road to Westminster and deep level platforms opened in 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway. A variety of underground and main line services have operated over the sub-surface tracks, which have been modified several times to suit operational demands with the current arrangement being achieved in the 1960s. The deep-level platforms have remained largely unaltered, although the installation of escalators in the 1970s to replace lifts improved interchanges between the two parts of the station. Parts of the sub-surface station and the Exhibition Road pedestrian tunnel are Grade II listed.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ "South Kensington Underground Station".