Kennington tube station

Kennington London Underground
Station entrance
Kennington is located in Central London
Kennington
Kennington
Location of Kennington in Central London
LocationKennington Park Road
Local authoritySouthwark
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerLondon Underground
Number of platforms4
Fare zone1 and 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 5.51 million[1]
2020Decrease 2.40 million[2]
2021Increase 2.49 million[3]
2022Increase 4.41 million[4]
2023Increase 4.63 million[5]
Key dates
1890Opened (C&SLR)
1923Closed for reconstruction
1925Reopened
1926Opened (Charing Cross branch)
2021Opened (Battersea branch)
Listed status
Listing gradeII
Entry number1385635[6]
Added to list21 August 1974; 50 years ago (1974-08-21)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°29′17.8″N 0°6′20.4″W / 51.488278°N 0.105667°W / 51.488278; -0.105667
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Kennington is a London Underground station on Kennington Park Road in Kennington within the London Borough of Southwark. The station is served by the Northern line and is at the junction of the Charing Cross and Bank branches to the north and the Morden and Battersea Power Station branches to the south. Northbound, the next stations are Waterloo on the Charing Cross branch and Elephant & Castle on the Bank branch. Southbound, the next stations are Oval towards Morden and Nine Elms towards Battersea Power Station respectively. The station is in both Travelcard Zones 1 and 2.

The station was opened in 1890 as part of the UK's first underground electric railway and its surface building remains largely unaltered. In the 1920s, the underground parts of the station were reconstructed so that the line could be extended and larger trains could be used. Two additional platforms and later several cross passages were provided for interchanges between the branches.

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Kennington Underground Station (Grade II) (1385635)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2017.