Lambeth North is the penultimate stop Southbound on the Bakerloo Line and the line's original (but temporary) Southern terminus.
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Type: |
Transport for London
(Bakerloo Line) |
Station code: |
ZLN |
Opened: |
1906 |
Platforms: |
2 |
Lambeth North was opened as
Kennington Road in March 1906 along with the rest of the original stretch of the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway. The Southern terminus of the line was (and still is)
Elephant & Castle but this was not ready for the initial opening so Kennington Road served as the Southern terminus until August [1].
The station was renamed
Westminster Bridge Road in July (while still the terminus) and didn't get the name
Lambeth North until 1917 [2]. In WW2 Lambeth North was badly damaged by a nearby hit of a very large German bomb and had to have parts of the tunnel and platforms rebuilt.
Access to the platforms from the Leslie Green designed surface building and ticket office is via lifts and a spiral staircase. The station is the nearest tube station to the Imperial War Museum. Just North of the station is a crossover and an access line to the Bakerloo Line's London Road depot.
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A 72ts train arrives |
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Look down the platform |
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Station signs |
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 137
[2] Mike Horne, The Bakerloo Line (Capital Transport, 2001) p. 25