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Bank and Monument are interlinked stations, spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. They are London Underground stations although the Docklands Light Railway also runs into Bank. The stations are officially one station, known operationally as the Bank-Monument complex, although the separate names remain in use on station entrances, platforms and the tube map. The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ... Greys Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station Monument is a principal station on the underground section of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. ... King William Street is the name of a street in the City of London. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... The London Underground is an all electric railway system that covers much of the conurbation of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Tube Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... Tube map is the commonly used name for the schematic diagram that represents the lines, stations, and zones of Londons rapid transit rail system, the London Underground. ...

The two parts of the combined station take their names from the nearby Bank of England and the Monument to the Great Fire of London. The complex is in Travelcard Zone 1. Headquarters London Central Bank of United Kingdom Currency Pound Sterling -ISO 4217 Code GBP Base borrowing rate 5% Printer(s) De La Rue Mint(s) Royal Mint Website bankofengland. ... The Monument seen from the ground The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as The Monument is a 61-metre (202-foot) tall stone Roman doric column in the City of London, near to the northern end of London Bridge. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

History

Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway, 1884

The Metropolitan Railway (MR) and Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) had, by 1876, constructed the majority of the Inner Circle (now the Circle Line), reaching Aldgate and Mansion House respectively. The companies were in dispute over the completion of the route as the MDR was struggling financially and the MR was concerned that completion would affect its revenues through increased competition from the MDR in the City area. City financiers keen to see the line completed, established the Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway in 1874 to link Mansion House to Aldgate. Forced into action, the MR bought-out the company and it and the MDR began construction of the final section of the Inner Circle in 1879. The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway are inextricably linked. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Trains at Aldgate tube station Entrance to Aldgate tube station Aldgate tube station is a London Underground station located at Aldgate in the City of London. ... Mansion House entrance Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London, near Mansion House (although Bank is actually closer). ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The station at Monument opened on 6 October 1884. Initially the station was served by trains from both companies as part of circular Inner Circle service but various operational patterns have been used during the station's life. The Inner Circle service achieved a separate identity as the Circle Line in 1949 although its trains were still provided by the District or Metropolitan Lines. October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

Waterloo & City Railway, 1898

The Waterloo & City Railway was constructed by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) as a link between its terminus at Waterloo and the City. The station, with platforms under Queen Victoria Street and close to Mansion House, opened on 8 August 1898. The station was originally called City. Image File history File linksMetadata Monument_underground_station. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Monument_underground_station. ... HEY IRFAN HAYAT THIS IS LONDON UNDERGROUND. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... HEY IRFAN HAYAT THIS IS LONDON UNDERGROUND. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Bank underground station. ... Bank underground station. ... Bank and Monument tube stations tilework in London Underground photo by Elf | Talk July 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Bank and Monument tube stations tilework in London Underground photo by Elf | Talk July 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Mansion House An early 19th century banquet in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House A public session at the Mansion House, London (c. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

The slopes to the platforms were later provided with one of the few sets of moving walkways on the whole underground system, unusually inclined at a slight angle. Advertising at the Waterloo & City station often takes the form of large painted murals on the walls and ceilings of the sloped exits, forming one of the largest advertisements on the underground. An inclined moving sidewalk at Beaudry metro station in Montreal A moving sidewalk, moving walkway, travelator, travellator or trav-o-lator is a slow speed conveyor belt to transport people; they can walk along it or stand; it is like a horizontal escalator. ...

City & South London Railway, 1900

The first station to be known as Bank opened on 25 February 1900 when the City & South London Railway (C&SLR, now part of the Northern Line) opened its extension from Borough to Moorgate. The earlier terminus of the line, King William Street, on a different tunnel alignment was closed at the same time. February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... The City & South London Railway (C&SLR), originally known as City of London & Southwark Subway, is considered to be the first real deep-level tube railway in the world. ... Borough tube station Borough tube station is a London Underground station in The Borough, London Borough of Southwark. ... Moorgate station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, on Moorgate, north of London Wall. ... Plaque marking the location of the station King William Street was a short-lived northern terminus on the City & South London Railway (CSLR), a predecessor to the Northern Line on the London Underground. ...

The intended location for a station building was the site of the 18th century church of St Mary Woolnoth on the corner of Lombard Street, which the C&SLR had obtained permission to demolish. Public protest made the company change its plans to building only a sub-surface ticket hall and lift entrance in the crypt of the church. This necessitated moving the bodies elsewhere, strengthening the crypt with a steel framework and underpinning the church's foundations. Unusually for stations subsequently converted to escalators, the original lift access from the ticket hall is still in use. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Exterior of St Mary Woolnoth St Mary Woolnoth is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on Lombard Street near the Bank of England. ... Lombard Street is a road in the City of London. ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... In construction, underpinning is the process of strengthening and stabilizing the foundation of an existing building or other structure. ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a London Underground station. ...

Central London Railway, 1900

The opening of the eastern terminus of the Central London Railway (CLR, now the Central Line) followed on 30 July 1900. July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...

As with the C&SLR, the high cost of property in the City, coupled with the presence of the Royal Exchange, the Bank of England, and Mansion House, meant that the station had to be built entirely underground. Permission was granted by the Corporation of London for the station to be sited beneath the busy junction of roads meeting at this point provided public subways were proved to act as pedestrian road crossings. To avoid undermining the road above, the station's lifts were installed in separate lift shafts rather than paired two-per-shaft as usual. The Royal Exchange in 1844. ... Coat of arms of the City of London as shown on Blackfriars station. ... A pedestrian and cyclist subway under a main road in the United Kingdom A sign in London prohibiting vehicles weighing over 17 tonnes from passing over a subway not designed to carry such loads In British English the term subway normally refers to a specially constructed underpass for pedestrians and...

To avoid compensating property owners for vibrations during construction and from operation, the alignments of the CLR's tunnels were arranged directly under London's streets. This meant that the platforms directly under Threadneedle Street and Poultry have an extreme curve to them, so that on the westbound platform it is not possible to see one end of the platform from the other. Also east of Bank station, the Central Line tunnels have sharp curves because they had to avoid the vaults of the Bank of England itself. Threadneedle Street is a road in the City of London, leading from an intersection with Poultry, King William Street and Lombard Street, to Bishopsgate. ...

The proximity of the CLR, W&CR and C&SLR stations, and the non-competing directions that their services travelled in, meant that it was only a short time before the ticket halls were connected. At deep level, connection between the CLR and C&SLR platforms had to wait until the introduction of escalators into the station in the 1920s. The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...

On 11 January 1941 during World War II the Central Line ticket hall suffered a direct hit from a German bomb. The roadway collapsed into the subways and station concourse, killing 56 people. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Monument link, 1933

The southern end of the C&SLR (by then part of the Edgware-Highgate Morden Line) platforms was close to those of Monument station, and in 1933, a travelator was built to provide the connection. At this point the names of the two stations became Bank for Monument and Monument for Bank. Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... An inclined moving sidewalk at Beaudry metro station in Montreal A moving sidewalk, moving walkway, travelator, travellator or trav-o-lator is a slow speed conveyor belt to transport people; they can walk along it or stand; it is like a horizontal escalator. ...

Docklands Light Railway, 1991

The Docklands Light Railway built a tunneled extension to arrive at platforms parallel to (but deeper than) the Northern Line platforms which opened in 1991. The DLR platforms also provided a corridor between them, and connected it to the Central line at one end, eventually reaching the platforms via the base of the disused lift shafts. Monument was connected at the other, to an extension to the westbound platform, meaning that there was no longer the requirement to pass down the busy Northern line platforms in order to change lines. In addition, a new link was provided to the Waterloo and City lines from the concourse to the Central Line. Tube Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During construction of these tunnels, workers uncovered part of one of the Greathead tunnelling shields used in the original construction of the Waterloo and City Line. This shield can still be seen by passengers as they walk through it. James Henry Greathead (6 August 1844 - 21 October 1896) was an engineer renowned for his work on the underground railway networks of London. ... A tunnelling shield is a protective structure used in the excavation of tunnels through soil that is too soft or fluid to remain stable during the time it takes to line the tunnel with a support structure of concrete or steel. ...

Notable events

On September 7, 2003, Bank station was used for a disaster training exercise, billed as "the most realistic live disaster exercise of its kind". The event, lasting several hours and involving about 500 police, fire, ambulance and London Underground personnel, was intended to prepare the emergency services for mass decontamination in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The station today

From north to south along the length of King William Street, the present station layout is:

The station is named Bank on all but the Circle/District lines, where it is named Monument. Tube Portal The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on the tube map. ... St Pauls tube station, with the cathedral in the background St Pauls is a London Underground station in the City of London, near St Pauls Cathedrals north east corner. ... Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... The Waterloo & City Line is a short underground metro line in London, formally opened on 11 July 1898. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... Categories: Jubilee Line stations | Northern Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Moorgate station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, on Moorgate, north of London Wall. ... Tube Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... Shadwell is the name of a London Underground station and a Docklands Light Railway station in Shadwell in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London financial district of London, England. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

Transport connections

London Buses routes 8, 11, 21, 23, 25, 26, 43, 76, 133, 141 242 and 388 and night bus routes N8, N11, N21, N26, N50, N76 and N133 serve the station. An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ... London Buses route 8 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. ... The London Buses route 11 starts at the bus station of Liverpool Street station in the north eastern corner of the City of London and terminates at Fulham Broadway travelling via the West End and some of Londons most famous landmarks. ...

Future developments

The original Central London Railway station had straight-to-platform lifts, but with the introduction of escalators cutting through the shafts, such access for the mobility impaired was lost. The only fully accessible part of the station for the mobility impaired are the DLR platforms, via lifts from the Street (again using part of St. Mary Woolnoth - the rectory). In addition to accessibility problems, Bank is one of the most congested stations at peak times on the whole of the Underground. In consequence, Transport for London have committed themselves to significantly transforming the station and removing some of the bottlenecks, and rendering the level of mobility impaired access much higher. Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in England. ...

Trivia

See also Toilet for the lavatory Public toilet is a movie from the Hong Kong director Fruit Chan. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

External links

Categories: Central Line stations | Northern Line stations | Waterloo & City Line stations | Docklands Light Railway stations | Circle Line stations | District Line stations | Transport in City of London | London Travelcard zone 1 Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... The London Underground is an all electric railway system that covers much of the conurbation of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... St Pauls tube station, with the cathedral in the background St Pauls is a London Underground station in the City of London, near St Pauls Cathedrals north east corner. ... Tube Portal The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on the tube map. ... Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... Moorgate station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, on Moorgate, north of London Wall. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... Categories: Jubilee Line stations | Northern Line stations | London Underground stubs ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Waterloo & City Line is a short underground metro line in London, formally opened on 11 July 1898. ... Tube Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... Shadwell is the name of a London Underground station and a Docklands Light Railway station in Shadwell in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London financial district of London, England. ... The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | London Underground stubs ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...

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