Borough tube station
Borough | |
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Borough Location of Borough in Central London | |
Location | The Borough |
Local authority | London Borough of Southwark |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Accessible | Yes (Northbound only)[1] |
Fare zone | 1 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2015 | 5.36 million[2] |
2016 | 5.87 million[2] |
2017 | 5.87 million[2] |
2018 | 5.34 million[3] |
2019 | 5.55 million[4] |
Railway companies | |
Original company | City and South London Railway |
Key dates | |
18 December 1890 | Opened (C&SLR) |
1922 | Closed for tunnel reconstruction |
1925 | Reopened |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51°30′04″N 0°05′35″W / 51.501°N 0.093°WCoordinates: 51°30′04″N 0°05′35″W / 51.501°N 0.093°W |
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Borough is a London Underground station in the Borough area of the London Borough of Southwark in central London. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Elephant & Castle and London Bridge stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The station entrance is in Borough High Street (part of the A3), on the corner of Marshalsea Road. The A2 terminates opposite it.
History[]
The station was opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the first deep-level tube railway, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), and was rebuilt in the 1920s when the tunnels were enlarged.
Although little of the original surface building remains at Borough, it originally bore a close resemblance to Kennington station. These similarities extended to the layout below ground, although here it is Kennington that no longer retains the original design. Borough station has level access to the northbound platform from the lifts, making this platform accessible to those with mobility restrictions. The southbound platform is a floor lower down, accessible only by narrow stairs; the original architectural finishes to this have been obscured by modern station infrastructure, but the original appearance would have been comparable with those still visible on the southbound platform at Kennington.
Borough is the most northerly of the original C&SLR stations. North of here the railway initially followed a different route from the present one, with the tunnels running to the original terminus at King William Street. This route was abandoned in 1900 when new tunnels on a different alignment to London Bridge and Moorgate were opened. Nevertheless, the original tunnels passed close enough to the location of London Bridge station for them to still be visible through a vent, immediately above the middle of the current southbound platform there.
During the Second World War, parts of the disused tunnels between Borough and the south side of the River Thames were adapted into a large public air-raid shelter by Southwark Borough Council. The shelter had six entrances along Borough High Street; it opened on 24 June 1940 and closed on 7 May 1945.[5] A plaque at the station records this.
Connections[]
London Buses routes 21, 35, 40, 133, 343 and C10 and night routes N21, N35, N133 and N343 serve the station.
References[]
- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Emmerson, Andrew; Beard, Tony (2004). London's Secret Tubes. Capital Transport. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-1-85414-283-2.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Borough tube station. |
London Transport Museum Photographic Archive. Borough station after rebuilding, 1925.
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1
- Northern line stations
- Tube stations in the London Borough of Southwark
- Former City and South London Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1890
- Railway stations located underground in the United Kingdom