Embankment tube station
Bakerloo line, Circle line, District line and Northern line · Zone 1 · City of Westminster
About Embankment station
The station has changed its name several times. The District Railway opened the sub-surface platforms on 30 May 1870, built by cut and cover together with the Victoria Embankment itself, and called them Charing Cross. When the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway added deep-level platforms in 1906, at right angles beneath, it named its station Embankment. The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway followed on 6 April 1914 with a one-stop loop under the Thames, and after spells as Charing Cross (Embankment), Charing Cross and Charing Cross Embankment, the whole complex settled on Embankment on 12 September 1976.
The 1914 loop was abandoned when the line was extended south to Waterloo and Kennington in 1926, though today’s northbound Northern line platform follows its course; the southbound platform is still the only deep-level one with no deep-level walkway to the others. On 17 May 1938 a faulty signal caused a collision east of the station that killed six passengers. Robyn Denny’s coloured lines date from the 1984–5 upgrade, the 80-year-old escalators were replaced in 2014, and the northbound Northern line platform has been the only place on the network where Oswald Laurence’s “Mind the gap” can still be heard.
First and last trains from Embankment
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakerloo towards Elephant & Castle or Waterloo | 05:58 – 00:35 | 05:58 – 00:35 | 05:58 – 00:35 | 07:34 – 23:54 |
| Bakerloo towards Queen's Park, Harrow & Wealdstone or Stonebridge Park | 05:42 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 00:28 | 05:42 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 00:28 | 05:42 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 00:28 | 07:21 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 23:42 |
| Circle towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines), Aldgate or Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:49 to Aldgate – 00:25 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:49 to Aldgate – 00:25 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:49 to Aldgate – 00:25 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 07:27 to Aldgate – 00:00 |
| Circle towards Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:39 – 00:19 | 05:39 – 00:19 | 05:39 – 00:19 | 07:12 – 23:58 |
| District towards Wimbledon, Ealing Broadway or Richmond | 05:48 to Richmond – 00:36 to Ealing Broadway | 05:48 to Richmond – 00:36 to Ealing Broadway | 05:48 – 00:36 to Ealing Broadway | 07:04 to Richmond – 00:01 |
| District towards Upminster, Tower Hill or Barking | 05:27 – 00:40 | 05:27 – 00:40 | 05:27 – 00:40 | 06:54 – 00:04 |
| Northern towards Battersea Power Station, Kennington or Morden | 05:57 to Morden – 00:35 to Morden | 05:57 to Morden – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:45 to Morden |
| Northern towards High Barnet, Edgware or Mill Hill East | 05:40 – 00:37 to Edgware | 05:40 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:41 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 18 Bakerloo trains an hour per direction, 7 Circle trains an hour per direction, 23 District trains an hour per direction and 24 Northern trains an hour per direction from Embankment, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Embankment
Running times between Embankment and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Bakerloo | Charing Cross | 1 min |
| Bakerloo | Waterloo | 2.8 min |
| Circle | Temple | 1.6 min |
| Circle | Westminster | 1.7 min |
| District | Temple | 1.6 min |
| District | Westminster | 1.7 min |
| Northern | Charing Cross | 1.1 min |
| Northern | Waterloo | 1.5 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Bakerloo line, Circle line, District line and Northern line.
Station facilities
What is near Embankment station
Two entrances, on Villiers Street and on Victoria Embankment, serve the station. The Playhouse Theatre is about 70 m away and the Charing Cross Theatre 140 m, with Benjamin Franklin House at 170 m. Victoria Embankment Gardens are about 210 m away. Along the river are Cleopatra’s Needle (230 m), the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial, the Royal Air Force Memorial and the Fleet Air Arm Memorial. Charing Cross is the next stop on the Bakerloo and Northern lines.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Playhouse Theatre | 70 m |
| Charing Cross Theatre | 140 m |
| Imperial Camel Corps Memorial | 160 m |
| Benjamin Franklin House | 170 m |
| Victoria Embankment Gardens | 210 m |
| Anglo-Belgian War Memorial | 220 m |
| Cheylesmore Memorial | 230 m |
| Cleopatra's Needle | 230 m |