Bank and Monument stations

Bank and Monument are interlinked stations, officially a station known operationally as the Bank-Monument complex. However, the separate names are used on station entrances, all platforms and the tube map. The station spans the length of King William Street in the City of London, turns along the loop of Mansion House and Cannon Street stations. Together, they form the eighth busiest station on the London Underground network, being served by five London Underground lines and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).

Bank & Monument

Bank
Location	King William Street
Local authority	City of London
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	10
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2005	34.295 million
2006	38.209 million
2007	41.883 million
2008	42.82 million
Key dates
1884 1898 1900 1900 1991	Opened (MICCR) Opened (W&CR) Opened (C&SLR) Opened (CLR) Opened (DLR)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink

Bank And Monument Stations Media

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  Monument station on an 1888 map. The C&SLR's station, then under construction, is also shown.

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  Moving walkway connecting the Waterloo & City line platforms with the station concourse

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  The entrance to the former C&SLR station, now a branch of Starbucks, with the church of St Mary Woolnoth behind

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  Bank and Monument shown on a 1908 Tube map. Bank was served by the Central London (blue), City & South London (black), and Waterloo & City (thin grey) railways, while Monument was served by the Metropolitan (red) and District (green) railways. The stations were not yet connected.

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  Wall tiles at the station show the supporters of City of London coat of arms, combined with the station roundel.

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  Statue of James Henry Greathead, which was erected by Bank station in 1994

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  Etched glass panels by artist John Hutton

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  The curved Central line platform at Bank, showing the 1-foot (30 cm) gap between the train and the platform edge (delineated by the solid white line)

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  Cannon Street entrance, which opened in 2023

Sources

The two stations of the combined station take their names from nearby Bank of England on the fringe of Monument tube station and the Monument to the Great Fire of London close to the Thames bridge, London Bridge. The two stations are is in Travelcard Zone 1.

Bus connections

London Buses routes 8, 11, 21, 23, 25, 26, 40, 43, 76, 133, 141, 242 and 388 and night bus routes N8, N11, N21, N26, N76, N133, N550 and N551 serve the station.

Gallery

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  Circle & District Line platforms at Monument looking west

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  Northbound Northern Line platform at Bank

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  Docklands Light Railway platform at Bank

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  Roundel on Bank Central line eastbound platform

Related pages

• List of London Underground stations

Other websites

• A diagram of the Bank/Monument station complex Archived 2016-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Another diagram (in colour) Archived 2016-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Bank Station Archived 2005-04-22 at the Wayback Machine from the Open Guide to London
• History of Bank station, including a picture just after the 1941 bomb Archived 2016-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
  • C&SLR Lombard Street entrance in front of St Mary Woolnoth, 1914
  • C&SLR King William Street entrance in front of St Mary Woolnoth, 1914
  • Entrances in front of Royal Exchange, 1914
  • Entrance in front of Royal Exchange, 1923
  • Ticket hall showing steel support structure and tops of escalators, 1925
  • Ticket hall, 1933
  • View of bomb crater, January 1941
• More photographs of Bank station

		Bank
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
St. Paul's towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip		Central line		Liverpool Street towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford (via Hainault)
Moorgate towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet		Northern line		London Bridge towards Morden
Waterloo Terminus		Waterloo & City line		Terminus
DLR
Terminus		Docklands Light Railway		Shadwell towards Lewisham, Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal
		Monument
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Cannon Street towards Hammersmith		Circle line		Tower Hill towards Liverpool Street
Cannon Street towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		District line		Tower Hill towards Upminster