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
Annual entry/exit	2.702 million
Transport for London
Zone	1
History
Key dates	Opened 1906
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

Lambeth North tube station is a London Underground station in the neighbourhood of Lambeth. It is on the Bakerloo Line, between Elephant & Castle and Waterloo, and is in Travelcard Zone 1. The station is the nearest tube station for 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.

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).