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Charing Cross tube station (sometimes informally abbreviated as Charing X) is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster with entrances located in Trafalgar Square and The Strand. For most of the history of the Underground the name Charing Cross was associated not with this station but with the station now known as Embankment.

The Northern line and Bakerloo line parts of the station were originally opened as two separate stations and were combined when the now defunct Jubilee Line platforms were opened. The constituent stations also underwent a number of name changes during their history.

For ease of explaining this mess that is the history of this station, look here [Link]
For details keep reading.

Bakerloo Line
Next Station Northbound: Piccadilly Circus [Link]
Next Station Southbound: Embankment [Link]

Northern Line
Next Station Northbound: Leicester Square[Link]
Next Station Southbound: Embankment [Link]

The first part of the complex, the Bakerloo line platforms, was opened as Trafalgar Square by the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) on 10 March 1906.

The Northern line platforms were opened as Charing Cross by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR, now the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line) on 22 June 1907. At its opening this station was the southern terminus of the CCE&HR.

Although both lines were owned and operated by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL), there was no direct connection below ground, passengers wishing to change had to do so above ground.

WHen the Northern Line was extended to meet the District Line station at was is now Embankment (at the time named Charing Cross, with the Bakerloo calling it Embankment), the Northen Line station at Charing Cross was re-named; first to 'Charing Cross (Strand) then 'Strand', (The Piccadilly line station called Strand was renamed to Aldwych).

Then the Jubilee line happened.

The Northern line Strand station was closed on 4 June 1973 to enable the construction of the new Jubilee line platforms. These platforms were constructed between the Bakerloo line and Northern line platforms together with the long-missing below-ground interchange between those two lines.

In anticipation of the new interchange station, from 4 August 1974 Charing Cross (now Embankment) was renamed Charing Cross Embankment.

The Jubilee line platforms and the refurbished Northern Line platforms opened on 1 May 1979 from which date the combined station including the Bakerloo line station, Trafalgar Square, was given its current name of Charing Cross; simultaneously Charing Cross Embankment reverted to the original BS&WR name of Embankment, ending 109 years of association with the name Charing Cross.

Although Charing Cross was constructed as the southern terminus of the Jubilee line, plans already existed to continue the line to the east towards Lewisham in south-east London. The tunnels were therefore constructed beyond the station beneath Strand as far as 143 Strand, almost as far as Aldwych station which would have been the next stop on the line. The subsequent regeneration of the Docklands in London's East End during the 1980s and 1990s required additional transport infrastructure and the eventual route of the extension took the new tunnels south from Green Park. On 20 November 1999, the Jubilee Line platforms at Charing Cross were closed to the travelling public.

In 2006, it was proposed that an extension to the Docklands Light Railway from Bank station would take over the platforms. Intermediate stations at Aldwych and City Thameslink would be opened, mirroring the planned route of the old Fleet Line

N.B. This photo is of the mainline station, because neither the Northern nor Bakerloo lines built a damn above ground building. Just steps down from holes in the ground.

Description
Charing Cross tube station (sometimes informally abbreviated as Charing X) is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster with entrances located in Trafalgar Square and The Strand. For most of the history of the Underground the name Charing Cross was associated not with this station but with the station now known as Embankment.

The Northern line and Bakerloo line parts of the station were originally opened as two separate stations and were combined when the now defunct Jubilee Line platforms were opened. The constituent stations also underwent a number of name changes during their history.

For ease of explaining this mess that is the history of this station, look here [Link]
For details keep reading.

Bakerloo Line
Next Station Northbound: Piccadilly Circus [Link]
Next Station Southbound: Embankment [Link]

Northern Line
Next Station Northbound: Leicester Square[Link]
Next Station Southbound: Embankment [Link]

The first part of the complex, the Bakerloo line platforms, was opened as Trafalgar Square by the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) on 10 March 1906.

The Northern line platforms were opened as Charing Cross by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR, now the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line) on 22 June 1907. At its opening this station was the southern terminus of the CCE&HR.

Although both lines were owned and operated by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL), there was no direct connection below ground, passengers wishing to change had to do so above ground.

WHen the Northern Line was extended to meet the District Line station at was is now Embankment (at the time named Charing Cross, with the Bakerloo calling it Embankment), the Northen Line station at Charing Cross was re-named; first to 'Charing Cross (Strand) then 'Strand', (The Piccadilly line station called Strand was renamed to Aldwych).

Then the Jubilee line happened.

The Northern line Strand station was closed on 4 June 1973 to enable the construction of the new Jubilee line platforms. These platforms were constructed between the Bakerloo line and Northern line platforms together with the long-missing below-ground interchange between those two lines.

In anticipation of the new interchange station, from 4 August 1974 Charing Cross (now Embankment) was renamed Charing Cross Embankment.

The Jubilee line platforms and the refurbished Northern Line platforms opened on 1 May 1979 from which date the combined station including the Bakerloo line station, Trafalgar Square, was given its current name of Charing Cross; simultaneously Charing Cross Embankment reverted to the original BS&WR name of Embankment, ending 109 years of association with the name Charing Cross.

Although Charing Cross was constructed as the southern terminus of the Jubilee line, plans already existed to continue the line to the east towards Lewisham in south-east London. The tunnels were therefore constructed beyond the station beneath Strand as far as 143 Strand, almost as far as Aldwych station which would have been the next stop on the line. The subsequent regeneration of the Docklands in London's East End during the 1980s and 1990s required additional transport infrastructure and the eventual route of the extension took the new tunnels south from Green Park. On 20 November 1999, the Jubilee Line platforms at Charing Cross were closed to the travelling public.

In 2006, it was proposed that an extension to the Docklands Light Railway from Bank station would take over the platforms. Intermediate stations at Aldwych and City Thameslink would be opened, mirroring the planned route of the old Fleet Line

N.B. This photo is of the mainline station, because neither the Northern nor Bakerloo lines built a damn above ground building. Just steps down from holes in the ground.