Elephant & Castle tube station
Elephant & Castle is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark in south London. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Borough and Kennington stations. It is also the southern terminus of the Bakerloo line and the next station towards north is Lambeth North. The station is in both Travelcard Zones 1 and 2. The Northern line station was opened in 1890 by the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) while the Bakerloo line station was opened sixteen years later by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR). There is an out-of-station interchange with the nearby Elephant & Castle National Rail station.
| Elephant & Castle | |
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The Bakerloo line entrance, showing its design features with shops and the entrance to the far right | |
Elephant & Castle Location of Elephant & Castle in Central London | |
| Location | Elephant and Castle, Newington |
| Local authority | London Borough of Southwark |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Accessible | Yes (Northern line southbound only) |
| Fare zone | 1 and 2 |
| OSI | Elephant & Castle |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2018 | 20.71 million |
| 2019 | 19.75 million |
| 2020 | 8.56 million |
| 2021 | 7.88 million |
| 2022 | 13.30 million |
| Key dates | |
| 18 December 1890 | Opened (C&SLR) |
| 5 August 1906 | Opened (BS&WR) |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51.4944°N 0.0997°W |
| London transport portal | |
A girl born at the station in 1924 was the first baby to be born on the Underground network. The Bakerloo line building remains much as originally constructed and is a typical Leslie Green structure. The Northern line building was designed by Thomas Phillips Figgis, and was rebuilt several times until the current structure opened in 2003. Transport for London (TfL) is currently planning a major upgrade to the station. A Bakerloo line extension south to Camberwell was planned and approved in 1931 but construction never started. Similar proposals have been revived on several occasions; in 2014 TfL ran a consultation on an extension to Hayes and Beckenham Junction, which is still under consideration.