Embankment tube station
| Embankment | |
|---|---|
Entrance to Villiers Street | |
| Location | Victoria Embankment / Charing Cross |
| Local authority | City of Westminster |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Charing Cross Waterloo East Waterloo Embankment Pier |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 | 20.96 million |
| 2020 | 4.06 million |
| 2021 | 8.25 million |
| 2022 | 15.13 million |
| 2023 | 17.05 million |
| Key dates | |
| 30 May 1870 | Opened (DR) |
| 1 February 1872 | Started "Outer Circle" (NLR) |
| 1 August 1872 | Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR) |
| 30 June 1900 | Ended "Middle Circle" |
| 10 March 1906 | Opened (BS&WR) |
| 31 December 1908 | Ended "Outer Circle" |
| 6 April 1914 | Opened (CCE&HR) |
| 13 September 1926 | Extended (Northern line) |
| 1949 | Started (Circle line) |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′25″N 0°07′19″W / 51.507°N 0.122°W |
| London transport portal | |
Embankment is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known by various names during its history. It is served by four lines: Bakerloo, Circle, District and Northern. On the Bakerloo line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line, the station is between Charing Cross and Waterloo stations. On the Circle and District lines, it is between Westminster and Temple stations. It is located in Travelcard Zone 1. The station has two entrances, one on Victoria Embankment and the other on Villiers Street. The station is adjacent to Victoria Embankment Gardens and is close to Charing Cross station, Embankment Pier, Hungerford Bridge, Cleopatra's Needle, the Royal Air Force Memorial, the Savoy Chapel and Savoy Hotel and the Playhouse and New Players Theatres.
The station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms opened on 30 May 1870 by the District Railway (DR) as part of the company's extension of the Inner Circle eastwards from Westminster to Blackfriars and deep-level platforms opened in 1906 by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) and 6 April 1914 by the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR). A variety of underground and main line services have operated over the sub-surface tracks and the CCE&HR part of the station was reconstructed in the 1920s.