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Bank and Monument are interlinked zone 1 London Underground stations, spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. The stations are officially one station with separate entrances and names, the complex is officially known as the Bank-Monument complex.
Bank is named after the Bank of England, which it is close to. On the Central Line, it is between St. Paul's and Liverpool Street. On the Northern Line, London Bridge and Moorgate. It is currently the only other station apart from Waterloo on the Waterloo & City Line. It is a terminus for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), the next station currently being Shadwell.
The Waterloo & City platforms are connected to the Central Line booking hall by two slightly inclined moving walkways.
Monument, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of LondonThe Monument to the Great Fire of London more commonly known as the Monument is located in the City of London, near to the northern end of London Bridge close to where the Great Fire of London ( 1666) started. It consists of a large fluted Doric column bu, by which it is situated, is on the CircleThe Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949. The Circle line was not built as a separate line, but was instead created by joining parts of the District and Metropolitan lines as a service. Only two small sections of track are un and District LineThe District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels which were built by the Metropolitan District Railway and opened in stagess between Cannon StreetCannon Street is a mainline and London Underground station in the City of London. It is situated between the River Thames and Cannon Street. The original Victorian facade was destroyed by bombing in World War II and replaced by a drab 1960s frontage. and Tower HillTower Hill is a London Underground station in zone 1, near the Tower of London on Tower Hill. The station is located beneath one of the largest remaining segments of the Roman wall that formerly surrounded London. It is on the Circle Line between Monument.
Built as part of the link from Mansion house to Aldgate, by city financiers, after the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District companies fell out with each other, the station at Monument on the District and Circle lines opened in 18841884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). Events January 4 The Fabian Society is founded in London. February 1 Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. March 13 The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on Janu.
Many of the railway companies were trying to get closer access to the City of London. The first to achieve this aim was the Waterloo & City Railway company, with their shuttle from WaterlooMany things bear the name Waterloo . They are mostly named directly or indirectly after Waterloo, Belgium, where the Battle of Waterloo was fought. See: Battle of Waterloo University of Waterloo Waterloo (album), the ABBA album. Also an ABBA song Waterloo reaching Queen Victoria Street and having a station opened at its head, by the Mansion House, in 1898. The station was originally called City.
The original slopes to the platforms were later provided with one of the few sets of moving walkways on the whole underground system, unusually inclined at a slight angle. Advertising at the Waterloo & City station often takes the form of large painted murals on the walls and ceilings of the sloped exits, and as such is one of the largest individual adverts on the whole of the underground.
