Open · since 1870
Why is it called Embankment?
DistrictBakerlooNorthernCircle
Where the name comes from
Named after the Victoria Embankment, where one of its two entrances stands. The station was long called Charing Cross and took the name Embankment in 1976, so the merged Strand and Trafalgar Square stations could be called Charing Cross.
Where it is
See Embankment on the interactive map, 1863 to today
Next stations
- Bakerloo Charing Cross
- Bakerloo Waterloo
- Circle Temple
- Circle Westminster
- District Temple
- District Westminster
- Northern Charing Cross
- Northern Waterloo
At a glance
- Opened
- 1870
- Status
- Open
- Lines
- District, Bakerloo, Northern, Circle
- Fare zone
- 1
- Local authority
- City of Westminster
- Earlier names
- Charing Cross [District]: 1870–1915; Embankment [Bakerloo]: 1906–1914; Charing Cross (Embankment) [Bakerloo & Northern]: 1914–1915; Charing Cross: 1915–1974; Charing Cross Embankment: 1974–1976
Sources
Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.
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