Temple Underground station

Temple
Entrance on Victoria Embankment
Temple Location of Temple in Central London
Location	Victoria Embankment
Local authority	City of Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
OSI	Blackfriars
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013	7.92 million
2014	8.14 million
2015	8.60 million
2016	8.22 million
Railway companies
Original company	District Railway
Key dates
1870	Opened
1872	Started "Outer Circle" (NLR)
1872	Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR)
1900	Ended "Middle Circle"
1908	Ended "Outer Circle"
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	TfL station info page
WGS84	51°30′40″N 0°06′52″W / 51.5111°N 0.1144°W / 51.5111; -0.1144Coordinates: 51°30′40″N 0°06′52″W / 51.5111°N 0.1144°W / 51.5111; -0.1144

Temple is a London Underground station located at Victoria Embankment in the City of Westminster, close to its boundary with the City of London. It is on the Circle and District lines between Embankment and Blackfriars, and is in fare zone 1.

The station was opened in 1870 with the name The Temple, from the Temple area in the vicinity of Temple Church, and from the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, two of the four Inns of Court of London. The definite article in the name fell out of use quite early.

The Temple station was opened in the parish of St. Clement Danes on 30 May 1870 by the District Railway (DR; now the District line) when the company extended its line from Westminster to St. Paul's station (now called Blackfriars). The construction of the new section of the DR was planned in conjunction with the building of the Victoria Embankment and was achieved by the cut and cover method of roofing over a shallow trench.

The DR 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".