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Embankment is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known by various names during its history. It is served by four lines: Bakerloo , Circle , District and Northern . On the Bakerloo line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line, the station is between Charing Cross and Waterloo stations.
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The Victoria Embankment contained within the Thames Embankments; The Chelsea Embankment contained within the Thames Embankment; The Albert Embankment along the south side of the Thames River in London, England; The Neva embankments along the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia; Embankment tube station, a station on the London Underground
Originally, Embankment tube station was called Charing Cross, while the present Charing Cross tube station was the separate Trafalgar Square (Bakerloo line) and Strand (Northern line) stations. [41] The two northern stations were combined under the current name when connected by the development of the Jubilee line. New below ground passageways ...
Embankment Pier is a pier on the River Thames in City of Westminster, London. It is located on the north bank of the river, immediately next to the Hungerford Bridge and directly outside the river entrance to Embankment Underground station. It is also conveniently close to Charing Cross railway station.
An embankment is a raised wall, bank or mound made of earth or stones, that are used to hold back water or carry a roadway. A road , railway line , or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain , the alternatives being either to have an ...
c. cx), which received assent on 22 July 1904, granted permission to buy additional land for the station at Tottenham Court Road, for a new station at Mornington Crescent and for changes at Charing Cross. [48] [49] The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Act 1905 (5 Edw. 7. c. clxvii) received assent on 4 August 1905.
It was not until 1974 that the tube and sub-surface parts of the station officially had the same name which was, for a time, "Charing Cross Embankment" before the current name was introduced in 1976. A detailed explanation of the various names the station has had is available from the first of the external links on the article page.