Bank and Monument stations
London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations
Bank and Monument are two interlinked stations in the City of London that form a public transport complex served by five lines of the London Underground as well as the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).
Bank station, named after the nearby Bank of England, opened in 1900 at Bank Junction and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines of the Underground, and the DLR. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the Circle and District lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933.
One of the busiest on the London Underground network, the station complex was previously rated the Underground's worst station in passenger surveys. A substantial upgrade and expansion was completed in 2023 after seven years of construction. The station has 31 escalators and 4 moving walkways, the most of any station on the Underground. The stations are in London fare zone 1.
History
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.
Metropolitan Inner Circle Completion Railway, 1884
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.
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