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Mansion House tube station

Mansion House London Underground
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Entrance on Cannon Street
Mansion House is located in Central London
Mansion House
Mansion House
Location of Mansion House in Central London
Location Queen Victoria Street/Cannon Street
Local authority City of London
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 1
OSI Blackfriars National Rail
Cannon Street National Rail
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Decrease 5.65 million
2013 Increase 5.77 million
2014 Increase 6.20 million
2015 Decrease 5.56 million
Key dates
1871 Opened as terminus (MDR)
1872 Started "Outer Circle" (NLR)
1872 Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/MDR)
1884 Extended east, "Inner Circle" completed
1900 Ended "Middle Circle"
1908 Ended "Outer Circle"
1949 Started (Circle line)
1989 Closed for rebuilding
1991 Reopened
Other information
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WGS84 51°30′44″N 0°05′39″W / 51.5122°N 0.0941°W / 51.5122; -0.0941Coordinates: 51°30′44″N 0°05′39″W / 51.5122°N 0.0941°W / 51.5122; -0.0941
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Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London which takes its name from the nearby Mansion House. It opened in 1871 as the eastern terminus of the Metropolitan District Railway. Today, Mansion House is served by the Circle and District lines. It is between Blackfriars and Cannon Street stations and it is in fare zone 1. The station is located at the junction of Queen Victoria Street and Cannon Street.

Mansion House is a sub-surface station with three platforms. The westbound platform, number 1, and the eastbound platform, number 3, are shared by both the Circle and District lines. A third platform was used for terminating eastbound trains, however it is no longer used and the track removed as services continue and terminate at Tower Hill.

Mansion House station was opened on 3 July 1871 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District line) when the company extended its line eastwards from St. Paul's station (which is now named Blackfriars). Mansion House became the new eastern terminus of the MDR.

The MDR connected to the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) at South Kensington and, although the two companies were rivals, each company operated its trains over the other's tracks in a joint service known as the "Inner Circle".

On 1 February 1872, the MDR opened a northbound branch from its station at Earl's Court to connect to the West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR, now the West London line) which it connected to at Addison Road station (now named Kensington (Olympia)). From that date the "Outer Circle" service began running over the MDR's tracks. The service was run by the North London Railway (NLR) from its terminus at Broad Street (now demolished) via the North London Line to Willesden Junction, then the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House.


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