Embankment station, April 2002

Embankment tube station is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. Image File history File links Embankment underground station, 24th April 2002. ... Image File history File links Embankment underground station, 24th April 2002. ... Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough and a city in its own right, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ...

The station is served by the Circle Line, District Line, Northern Line and Bakerloo Line. The station has two entrances, one on the Victoria Embankment and the other on Villiers Street, which leads up to The Strand. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The station is below the southern end of Charing Cross rail station. This article is about a part of the London Underground. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... The Northern Line is a deep-level tube line of the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. ... Victoria Embankment, London The Victoria Embankment, previously the Thames Embankment is a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London in the cities of Westminster and London. ... Strand is a famous road in London, linking Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street and the City of London. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the most central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... Charing Cross railway station. ...

On the Northern and Bakerloo Lines, Embankment is between Waterloo and Charing Cross. On the Circle and District lines, it is between Westminster and Temple. The facade of Waterloo Station. ... Charing Cross tube station of the London Underground serves both the Northern Line and Bakerloo Line networks and provides an interconnect with the national railway network at Charing Cross station. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | Jubilee Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

Embankment station was opened in 1870 on the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District and Circle lines) as Charing Cross. On March 10, 1906 the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (now the Bakerloo Line) was opened with platforms at the station, however they used the name Embankment. In 1914 the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (now a part of the Northern Line) was extended south by one stop to this station to facilitate better interchange. To further confuse matters the BS&W and CCE&H parts of the station were renamed Charing Cross (Embankment) to distinguish them from Charing Cross (Strand) (now a part of the current Charing Cross tube station) whilst the District sections remained Charing Cross. In 1915 this was rectified by changing the name to Charing Cross throughout, with Charing Cross (Strand) being renamed Strand. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... This article is about a part of the London Underground. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Northern Line is a deep-level tube line of the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. ... Charing Cross tube station of the London Underground serves both the Northern Line and Bakerloo Line networks and provides an interconnect with the national railway network at Charing Cross station. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1974 the entire station was once again renamed to Charing Cross Embankment. Then on 12 September 1976 it became Embankment, so that the merged Strand and Trafalgar Square tube stations could be named Charing Cross. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... There have been two stations on the London Underground network called Strand station, both sites are located close to Strand. ... Charing Cross tube station of the London Underground serves both the Northern Line and Bakerloo Line networks and provides an interconnect with the national railway network at Charing Cross station. ... The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I of England placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ...

Originally the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead railway had only a single platform on a loop that extended under the Thames and allowed trains to reverse while offering continuous service. In the 1920s the line was extended further south and the loop was abandoned (although the present northbound Northern Line platform follows its course) and a second platform added. To this day the southbound Northern Line platform is the only one of the four deep level platforms that is not connected to any of the others by deep level walkways. Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly...

The loop itself still exists, although it was penetrated by a bomb and flooded during the Blitz in the Second World War. Fortunately, the loop had been sealed off years before. In 1938, when war appeared imminent, the Bakerloo and Northern Line tunnels at Embankment were temporarily sealed with concrete to protect against flooding through bombing. A slightly less drastic solution was adopted in September 1939 when the concrete plugs were replaced by electrically powered emergency doors at the tunnel mouths. They are each 330 mm thick, weigh about 6 tons and can resist about 800 tons of pressure. German bomber over the Surrey Docks, London The Blitz, a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning Lightning War, was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940-1941. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The station was featured in the 2001 film Sliding Doors, which was filmed on location; however, all the filming of platforms and underground passages was done at other stations. Sliding Doors is a 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Lynch, John Hannah and Jeanne Tripplehorn. ...

Above the station is Hungerford Bridge which gives rail and pedestrian access to the South Bank and the Royal Festival Hall. Hungerford Bridge is a bridge (or triplet of bridges) over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge. ... (This article is about the area of London called South Bank. For the similarly named area of Brisbane, please see South Bank Parklands, Brisbane) The South Bank is the area in London on the southern bank of the River Thames near Waterloo station that houses a number of important cultural... The Royal Festival Hall is a conference, concert, dance and art performance venue in Lambeth, London. ...

This station serves the Thames Embankment, Trafalgar Square, the Strand and Charing Cross. Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames... Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. ... Strand is a famous road in London, linking Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street and the City of London. ... Charing Cross railway station. ...

External links

• The Charing Cross-Embankment-Strand conundrum explains the various names of the tube stations in this area.

Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | Jubilee Line stations | London Underground stubs ... This article is about a part of the London Underground. ... 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. ... Charing Cross tube station of the London Underground serves both the Northern Line and Bakerloo Line networks and provides an interconnect with the national railway network at Charing Cross station. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. ... The facade of Waterloo Station. ... The Northern Line is a deep-level tube line of the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. ...