Bank and Monument stations

Bank and Monument
Entrance at the Bank of England, by Bank junction
Bank and Monument Location of Bank and Monument in Central London
Location	King William Street
Local authority	City of London
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	10
Accessible	Yes(DLR only)
Fare zone	1
OSI	Bank: Cannon Street , Liverpool Street , , , , Fenchurch Street Monument: Fenchurch Street
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	47.75 million
2013	48.88 million
2014	52.31 million
2015	57.51 million
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012	24.528 million
2013	26.169 million
2014	29.721 million
2015	30.752 million
Key dates
1884 (1884)	Opened (MICCR)
1898	Opened (W&CR)
1900	Opened (C&SLR)
1900	Opened (CLR)
1933	Bank-Monument escalator link opened
1991	Opened (DLR)
Listed status
Listed feature	Entrance within Bank of England & Redundant entrance within St. Mary Woolnoth
Listing grade	I
Entry number	1079134 (Bank) 1064620 (Church)
Added to list	4 January 1950
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°30′47″N 0°05′17″W / 51.513°N 0.088°W / 51.513; -0.088Coordinates: 51°30′47″N 0°05′17″W / 51.513°N 0.088°W / 51.513; -0.088

Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. Bank station, named after the Bank of England, opened in 1900 at Bank junction and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines, and the Docklands Light Railway. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the District and Circle lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933. The station complex is one of the busiest on the London Underground network and is in fare zone 1.

The Bank–Monument station complex was created by building links between several nearby stations constructed by different companies. The first station was opened by the Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway.

The Metropolitan Railway (MR) and District Railway (DR) had, by 1876, built most 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 DR was struggling financially and the MR was concerned that completion would affect its revenues through increased competition from the DR 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 DR began construction of the final section of the Inner Circle in 1879. The new section of railway included two new stations: Tower of London tube station and another located close to the Monument.