Kennington tube station
Kennington is a London Underground station on Kennington Park Road in Kennington. The station is at the junction of the Charing Cross and Bank branches of the Northern line. It is within the London Borough of Southwark. Its neighbouring stations to the north are Waterloo on the Charing Cross branch and Elephant & Castle on the Bank branch; the next station to the south is Oval. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.
It is one of the station that has the notable loop, called Kennington Loop, similar to Timothy's Computer on Timothy North Metro and South Ferry on New York City Subway. It would be extended to Battersea Power Station via Nine Elms in the near future, to serve the near-refurbished Battersea Power Station.
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towards Morden
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towards Battersea
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Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 0°06′45″W / 51.48194°N 0.11250°W
Kennington Tube Station Media
- Kennington Underground station map, 1893.jpg
Kennington station on an 1890s Ordnance Survey map
- Kennington Station and Loop.png
Layout of Kennington station following the reconstruction with additional platforms and reversing loop, before the extension to Battersea
- Extract from Report to the Minister of War Transport 21 January 1946 Map 2 - Route 10.jpg
Duplication of tunnels from Kennington to Tooting Broadway proposed in 1946
- Southeast View of Kennington Underground Station.jpg
View of the station from the southeast
