Mansion House tube station
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| Mansion House | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Mansion House |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 3 |
| Transport for London | |
| Zone | 1 |
| Annual entry/exit | 4.221 million † |
| History | |
| 1871 1872 1872 1884 1900 1908 1949 1989 1991 |
Opened as terminus (MDR) Started "Outer Circle" (NLR) Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/MDR) Extended east, "Inner Circle" completed Ended "Middle Circle" Ended "Outer Circle" Started (Circle Line) Closed for rebuilding Reopened |
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |
Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London, near Mansion House (although Bank station is actually closer). It is a sub-surface station served by trains on the Circle and District Lines. It is between Blackfriars and Cannon Street stations. The station is located at junction of Queen Victoria Street and Cannon Street and is in Travelcard Zone 1.
[edit] History
The station was opened on 3 July 1871 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) when the company extended the line from Blackfriars. The station became the new eastern terminus of the MDR.
The MDR connected to the Metropolitan Railway (MR, later 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".
On 1 February 1872, the MDR opened a northbound branch from its station at Earl's Court to connect to the West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR, now the West London Line) which it connected to at Addison Road (now Kensington (Olympia)). From that date the "Outer Circle" service began running over the MDR's tracks. The service was run by the North London Railway (NLR) from its terminus at Broad Street (now demolished) in the City of London via the North London Line to Willesden Junction, then the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House.
From 1 August 1872, the "Middle Circle" service also began operations through Westminster running from Moorgate along the MR's tracks on the north side of the Inner Circle to Paddington then over the Hammersmith & City Railway (H&CR) track to Latimer Road then, via a now demolished link, to the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House. The service was operated jointly by the H&CR and the MDR.
On 10 October 1884, the MDR and the MR jointly opened the line eastwards to Mark Lane station (now closed), thereby completing the Inner Circle.
On 30 June 1900, the Middle Circle service was withdrawn between Earl's Court and Mansion House. On 31 December 1908 the Outer Circle service was also withdrawn.
In the 1920s the station entrance was rebuilt to a design by Charles Holden. It featured a tall glazed screen with Underground roundel similar to his station designs for the extension to Morden of the City & South London Railway (now the Northern Line) opened between 1924 and 1926.
In 1949, the Metropolitan Line operated Inner Circle route was given its own identity on the tube map as the Circle Line.
On 29 October 1989 the station was closed for the construction of a new entrance and renovation. It reopened on 11 February 1991.
[edit] Trivia
The station features occasionally in trivia quiz questions, as it is one of only two stations on the Underground to have all five vowels in its name - the other is South Ealing.
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