Southwark tube station

Southwark
Entrance on The Cut
Southwark Location of Southwark in Central London
Location	Bankside
Local authority	London Borough of Southwark
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	1
OSI	Waterloo East Blackfriars at Bankside entrance
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	11.98 million
2013	13.46 million
2014	14.15 million
2015	17.94 million
Railway companies
Original company	London Regional Transport
Key dates
20 November 1999	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°30′11″N 0°06′18″W / 51.503°N 0.105°W / 51.503; -0.105Coordinates: 51°30′11″N 0°06′18″W / 51.503°N 0.105°W / 51.503; -0.105

Southwark is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark at the corner of Blackfriars Road and The Cut. It is between Waterloo and London Bridge stations on the Jubilee line, and is in Travelcard Zone 1. It was opened on 20 November 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. The station is somewhat west of historic Southwark, which is served by Borough tube station and London Bridge station. Its entrance is across the street from the disused Blackfriars Road railway station.

The original plan for the Extension did not include a station between those at Waterloo and London Bridge; Southwark station was added after lobbying by the local council, it is in fact sited right next to the borough's boundary with Lambeth at Joane Street. Although it is close to Waterloo, not near the Bankside attractions it was intended to serve, and its only National Rail interchange is to London Waterloo East main line station; the passenger usage matches those of other minor central stations. It does however get over twice the traffic of nearby Borough station, and around three times that of Lambeth North.

Southwark station was designed by Sir Richard MacCormac of MJP Architects. It is on a cramped site, with its platforms underneath the Victorian main line viaduct between Waterloo East and London Bridge stations. The site presented significant technical and architectural difficulties which were resolved by constructing two concourses at different levels.