Quick Question

[standclearofthedoors]

If http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_and_Monument_stations

The stations are officially one station

Why do both need to be done?

I know in practice it will make very little difference, but why?

[zeibura]

it's only because they've got different names...

[tubeguru]

To my mind, these have always been two separate stations.

Don't forget that Monument station existed first, on its own before Bank was built. But as they didn't keep the name as Monument, it MUST be two stations. You can't suddenly decide now that it's one station.

LU recognise them as two separate stations for all sorts of reasons, so it's nonsense to claim they're one station just because you can go from the platforms of one to the other without going above ground or leaving LU property.

[dr_chris]

Does anyone know WHY this connection exists though? Who thought 'hmm, let's dig a tunnel and link these two together... people will love to walk for bloody miles here....

[jonny]

i guess it was probably something old, although im not sure.

this is my best guess, and it is a complete guess so probably completely wrong...

Perhaps the District Railway wanted to have a link with the C&SLR or Central or W&C or whatever, or vice versa, so they just built it!

[Beary]

From Rails through the clay:

Monument and Bank stations were linked on 18th September 1933. Two MH-type escalators rose 60ft from the south end of the Morden-Edgware platforms at Bank to a point beneath King William Street, whence subways and stairways led to the western end of the District platforms at Monument. In addition to the benefit of interchange between the District and the Morden-Edgware and Central London lines, this improvement relieved the overburdened Morden-Edgware lifts at Bank, since passengers from this line could now reach the street via Monument or book their tickets there.