Lambeth North tube station

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Lambeth North
Location
Place	Lambeth
Local authority	Lambeth

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2

Transport for London
Zone	1
2004 annual usage	2.702 million †
2007 annual usage	2.94 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1906
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Lambeth North tube station is a London Underground station in the neighbourhood of Lambeth, at the junction of Westminster Bridge Road and Baylis Road. It is on the Bakerloo Line, between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo, and is in Travelcard Zone 1. It is located at 110 Westminster Bridge Road, and is the nearest tube station to the Imperial War Museum.

[edit] History

Lambeth North station was opened on 10 March 1906, as Kennington Road and served as the temporary southern terminus of the line until 5 August 1906 when Elephant & Castle station was opened. The station's name was changed to Westminster Bridge Road in July 1906 and it was again renamed, to Lambeth North, in April 1917.

At 03:56 on 16 January 1941, a German "Satan" 1800kg general-purpose bomb hit at hostel nearby 92 Westminster Bridge Road. The shock-wave severely damaged one of the southbound platform tunnel, and injuring 28 people sheltering there, one of whom died in hospital 15 days later. Thirty-seven rings of the damaged tunnel had to be completely replaced, 15 partially replaced, and 86 feet of platform rebuilt. Traffic through the station resumed in 95 days.

The station was closed with the section of the line south of Piccadilly Circus for tunnel strengthening works between 9 November 1996 and 14 July 1997.

The station was designed by Leslie Green. It has two lifts and a spiral staircase connecting the road level to platform level (about 70 feet below).