Bank Station – 16th September 2022
On August 13th, I wrote What Goes Up Must Come Down, where I described the crane coming down over the new Bank station entrance on Cannon Street.
The triangular site, that lies between Cannon and King William Streets, has now been opened up for development, as these pictures show.
Note.
- I took the pictures from the top of a 141 bus, that was going to London Bridge station.
- It is going to be a large block on top of the station.
- Do the pictures indicate retail or further station entrances along King William Street?
- This development must help in the financing of the massive Bank Station Upgrade.
This is the last picture, shown to a larger scale.
On the end of the lowest level of the portable offices, you can just about make out a sign indicating a ladies toilet.
Is this the most inaccessible ladies toilet in London? Or even the world?
What Goes Up Must Come Down
This morning, I went for a walk in the City, with the aim of looking at progress on the new Southern entrance to Bank station.
I took these pictures, where they were dismantling the main crane on the Bank station site.
Does this dismantling mean that the main work is coming to an end?
One of the guys, I spoke to said that the station would be finished by the end of the year.
I also took this picture from the Northernmost cross tunnel between the two Northern Line platforms.
Note the Way Out sign behind the hoarding, which also shows Central Line straight on. This looks like it could be the start of the travelator to the Central Line.
Bank Station Upgrade – 1st July 2022
I walked past the new Southern entrance to Bank station today and took these pictures.
Note.
- You can see the station name inscribed in the lintel over the station entrance.
- Electricians seemed to be busy in the station entrance.
- There doesn’t appear to be a start on oversite development yet.
But at least progress seems to be consistent with a delivery in the next few months.
Bank Station Upgrade – 28th September 2021
I walked past the works to upgrade Bank station this morning and took these pictures.
The first two pictures were taken on King William Street and the others were taken as I walked up Cannon Street to Cannon Street station.
This 3D Google Map shows the new section of the station from the South.
The construction site is surrounded by two roads and a lane.
- Cannon Street runs East-West in front of the construction site.
- King William Street is on the Eastern side of the construction site.
- Abchurch Lane runs Northward between the church of St. Mary Abchurch and the construction site.
There will be a lot more construction on top of the station.
This TfL image shows how it will look in 2022.
Walking Between Cannon Street And Moorgate Stations
I took these pictures as I walked between Cannon Street And Moorgate stations.
Note.
- It was a Sunday, so there wasn’t much traffic about.
- The bus stop on King William Street is served by buses 21, 43 and 141. wjich all go to Moorgate and Old Street stations.
I needed to find out how long it took for this other post, called Thoughts On The Closure Of The Northern Line At Bank To Complete The Upgrade To Bank Station.
Timings were as follows.
- Cannon Street Station to the Northbound bus stop on King William Street – 3 minutes
- Cannon Street Station to Bank Junction – 6 minutes
- Cannon Street Station to Moorgate Station – 15 minutes
How much faster would I be in better weather?
The New Bank Station Entrance At Cannon Street Is Taking Shape Nicely
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on The Londonist.
The article contains some good pictures and says this.
- The building has now been topped out!
- The station is underneath an eleven storey block.
- The entrance will give direct escalator and lift access to the Northern Line.
These are some pictures of my own.
The entrance and the building above should be open by 2022.
Improvements At Bank Station
As I passed Bank station, there was a lot going on in the area and in the short walk to Cannon Street station.
What is happening on the surface, is only small beer compasred to what is going on under the ground.
This visualisation, shows what the new Bank station will look like.
Completion dates look like 2017 for the Walbrook entrance and 2021 for the completed Bank station.
I think that this development will have one of the largest effects of any transport-related project in London.
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