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Borough is a London Underground station in the Borough area of the London Borough of Southwark in central London. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Elephant & Castle and London Bridge stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

Borough
Entrance on Borough High Street
Borough Location of Borough in Central London
Location	The Borough
Local authority	London Borough of Southwark
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes (Northbound only)[1]
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2017	5.87 million[2]
2018	5.34 million[3]
2019	5.55 million[4]
2020	1.47 million[5]
2021	2.07 million[6]
Railway companies
Original company	City and South London Railway
Key dates
18 December 1890	Opened (C&SLR)
1922	Closed for tunnel reconstruction
1925	Reopened
15 January 2022	Temporary closure
16 May 2022	Reopened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
WGS84	51.501°N 0.093°W / 51.501; -0.093
London transport portal

The station entrance is in Borough High Street (part of the A3), on the corner of Marshalsea Road. The A2 terminates opposite it.

History

The station was opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the first successful deep-level tube railway, the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), and was rebuilt in the 1920s when the tunnels were enlarged.

Although little of the original surface building remains at Borough, it originally bore a close resemblance to Kennington station. These similarities extended to the layout below ground, although here it is Kennington that no longer retains the original design. Borough station has level access to the northbound platform from the lifts, making this platform accessible to those with mobility restrictions. The southbound platform is a floor lower down, accessible only by narrow stairs; the original architectural finishes to this have been obscured by modern station infrastructure, but the original appearance would have been comparable with those still visible on the southbound platform at Kennington.

Borough is the most northerly of the original remaining C&SLR stations. North of here the railway initially followed a different route from the present one, with the tunnels running to the original terminus at King William Street. This route was abandoned in 1900 when new tunnels on a different alignment to London Bridge and Moorgate were opened. Nevertheless, the original tunnels passed close enough to the location of London Bridge station for them to still be visible through a vent, immediately above the middle of the southbound platform there.

During the Second World War, parts of the disused tunnels between Borough and the south side of the River Thames were adapted into a large public air-raid shelter by Southwark Borough Council. The shelter had six entrances along Borough High Street; it opened on 24 June 1940 and closed on 7 May 1945.[7] A plaque at the station records this.

On 15 January 2022, Borough tube station closed temporarily until mid-May 2022, to allow major upgrade works at Bank station to be finished. During the closure, refurbishment works were carried out at Borough.[8] It reopened on 15 May 2022[9] although the official opening was on 16 May 2022.[8]

Connections

London Buses routes 21, 35, 133, 343 and C10 and night routes N21, N133 and N343 serve the station.[10][11]

References

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive. Borough station after rebuilding, 1925.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
London Bridge towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet		Northern line Bank Branch		Elephant & Castle towards Morden
Former Route
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
King William Street Terminus		Northern line (1890–1900)		Elephant & Castle towards Stockwell

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[de] Borough (London Underground)

Borough ist eine unterirdische Station der London Underground im historischen Zentrum des Stadtbezirks London Borough of Southwark. Sie liegt in der Travelcard-Tarifzone 1, an der Kreuzung von Borough High Street und Marshalsea Road. Im Jahr 2013 nutzten 4,89 Millionen Fahrgäste diese von der Northern Line bediente Station.[1]

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- [en] Borough tube station

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[ru] Боро (станция метро)

«Боро» (англ. Borough tube station) — станция глубокого заложения Лондонского метрополитена Северной линии (на ветке Банк, между станциями «Элефант-энд-Касл  (англ.) (рус.» и «Лондон-бридж»). Относится к первой тарифной зоне. Суммарный пассажирооборот по станции за 2017 год составил 5 870 000 человек[2].

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