Bank and Monument | |
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Entrance at the Bank of England, by Bank junction
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Location of Bank and Monument in Central London
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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 | |
2013 | 48.88 million |
2014 | 52.31 million |
2015 | 57.51 million |
2016 | 64.26 million |
DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
2012 | 24.528 million |
2013 | 26.169 million |
2014 | 29.721 million |
2015 | 30.752 million |
2016 | 32.256 million |
Key dates | |
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 |
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WGS84 | 51°30′47″N 0°05′17″W / 51.513°N 0.088°WCoordinates: 51°30′47″N 0°05′17″W / 51.513°N 0.088°W |
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 Central 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.