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Temple tube station

Temple London Underground
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Entrance on Victoria Embankment
Temple is located in Central London
Temple
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 National Rail
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Decrease 7.82 million
2013 Increase 7.92 million
2014 Increase 8.14 million
2015 Increase 8.60 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
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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
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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".


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