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Temple is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station in the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, between Victoria Embankment
Victoria Embankment

The Victoria Embankment, is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London. Victoria Embankment extends from the City of Westminster into the City of London....
 and Temple Place. It is on the Circle and District
District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels....
 lines between Embankment
Embankment tube station

Embankment tube station is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known for most of its history as Charing Cross.The station is served by the Circle line , District Line, Northern Line and Bakerloo Line Lines....
 and Blackfriars
Blackfriars station

London Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, England. It is adjacent to Blackfriars Bridge at the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street, London and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
 and is in Travelcard Zone 1
Travelcard Zone 1

Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London....
. The station entrance is from Victoria Embankment.

The station name was originally The Temple, the name coming from the nearby Temple Church
Temple Church

The Temple Church is a late 12th century Church in London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built for and by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters....
 which also gave its name to the Inns of Court
Inns of Court

The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations to one of which every Barristers in England and Wales must belong. They have supervisory and disciplinary functions over their members....
, Inner Temple
Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to the Bar association and so entitle them to practise as barristers....
 and the Middle Temple
Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn....
. The definite article
Article (grammar)

An article is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the types of reference being made by the noun, and to specify the volume or numerical scope of that reference....
 in the name fell out of use quite early.

station was opened on 30 May 1870 by the Metropolitan District Railway
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways

The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway were the first two underground railways to be built in London, creating the world's first Rapid transit system....
 (MDR; now the District and Circle lines) when the railway extended its line from Westminster to Blackfriars
Blackfriars station

London Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, England. It is adjacent to Blackfriars Bridge at the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street, London and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
.






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Temple is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station in the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, between Victoria Embankment
Victoria Embankment

The Victoria Embankment, is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London. Victoria Embankment extends from the City of Westminster into the City of London....
 and Temple Place. It is on the Circle and District
District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels....
 lines between Embankment
Embankment tube station

Embankment tube station is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, known for most of its history as Charing Cross.The station is served by the Circle line , District Line, Northern Line and Bakerloo Line Lines....
 and Blackfriars
Blackfriars station

London Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, England. It is adjacent to Blackfriars Bridge at the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street, London and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
 and is in Travelcard Zone 1
Travelcard Zone 1

Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London....
. The station entrance is from Victoria Embankment.

The station name was originally The Temple, the name coming from the nearby Temple Church
Temple Church

The Temple Church is a late 12th century Church in London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built for and by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters....
 which also gave its name to the Inns of Court
Inns of Court

The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations to one of which every Barristers in England and Wales must belong. They have supervisory and disciplinary functions over their members....
, Inner Temple
Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to the Bar association and so entitle them to practise as barristers....
 and the Middle Temple
Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn....
. The definite article
Article (grammar)

An article is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the types of reference being made by the noun, and to specify the volume or numerical scope of that reference....
 in the name fell out of use quite early.

History

The station was opened on 30 May 1870 by the Metropolitan District Railway
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways

The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway were the first two underground railways to be built in London, creating the world's first Rapid transit system....
 (MDR; now the District and Circle lines) when the railway extended its line from Westminster to Blackfriars
Blackfriars station

London Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, England. It is adjacent to Blackfriars Bridge at the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street, London and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
. The construction of the new section of the MDR was planned in conjunction with the building of the Victoria Embankment and was achieved by the cut and cover
Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway. The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon. However, in general tunnels are at least twice as long as they are wide....
 method of roofing over a shallow trench.

The MDR connected to the Metropolitan Railway
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways

The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway were the first two underground railways to be built in London, creating the world's first Rapid transit system....
 (MR, later the Metropolitan Line
Metropolitan Line

The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground. It is coloured in TfL's Corporate Magenta on the Tube map and in other branding. It was the first rapid transit in the world, opening on 10 January 1863 ....
) at South Kensington and, although the two companies were rivals, each company operated its trains over the other's tracks in a joint service known as the "Inner Circle".

On 1 February 1872, the MDR opened a northbound branch from its station at Earl's Court
Earl's Court tube station

Earl's Court tube station is a London Underground station in Earls Court. The station is located between Earls Court Road and Warwick Road . It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 1 and Travelcard Zone 2 and is in both zones....
 to connect to the West London Extension Joint Railway
West London Line

The West London Line is a short railway linking Clapham Junction in the south to Willesden Junction station in the north. It was built to enable trains to cross London....
 (WLEJR, now the West London Line
West London Line

The West London Line is a short railway linking Clapham Junction in the south to Willesden Junction station in the north. It was built to enable trains to cross London....
) which it connected to at Addison Road
Kensington (Olympia) station

Kensington Olympia station is a National Rail and London Underground station in West London. On the Underground network it is the terminus of a short branch of the District Line from Earl's Court tube station, although built as part of the Middle Circle; on the main-line railway it is on the West London Line between Clapham Junction railway s...
 (now Kensington (Olympia)). From that date the "Outer Circle
Outer Circle (London)

The Outer Circle was a railway route in London operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries over tracks which are now mainly owned by Network Rail but include parts of the London Underground....
" service began running over the MDR's tracks. The service was run by the North London Railway
North London Railway

The North London Railway was a railway company that opened various lines connecting the north of London to the East India Docks and West India Docks, the core route later becoming the basis of the North London Line....
 (NLR) from its terminus at Broad Street (now demolished) in the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
 via the North London Line
North London Line

The North London Line is a railway line through the inner suburbs of north London, England, from Richmond station in the west to North Woolwich railway station in the east in roughly a semi-circle....
 to Willesden Junction
Willesden Junction station

Willesden Junction station is a Network Rail station in Harlesden, north-west London; it is served by both London Overground and London Underground Bakerloo line trains....
, then the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House
Mansion House tube station

Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London, near Mansion House, London . It is a sub-surface station served by trains on the Circle line and District Line Lines....
 - the new eastern terminus of the MDR.

From 1 August 1872, the "Middle Circle
Middle Circle

The Middle Circle was a railway route in London which operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries over tracks which are now mainly part of the London Underground....
" service also began operations through the station running from Moorgate
Moorgate station

Moorgate station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, on Moorgate, north of London Wall. At one time the station was named "Moorgate Street"....
 along the MR's tracks on the north side of the Inner Circle to Paddington then over the Hammersmith & City Railway
Hammersmith & City Line

The Hammersmith and City line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith tube station in West London and Barking station in East London, England....
 (H&CR) track to Latimer Road
Latimer Road tube station

Latimer Road Station is a London Underground station in North Kensington on the Hammersmith and City Line, between Wood Lane tube station and Ladbroke Grove tube station stations....
 then, via a now demolished link, to the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House. The service was operated jointly by the H&CR and the MDR.

On 30 June 1900, the Middle Circle service was withdrawn between Earl's Court and Mansion House.

At the beginning of the 20th century early plans for the Great Northern and Strand Railway (later incorporated into the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway
Piccadilly Line

The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the third busiest line on the Underground network judged by its passengers per annum....
 and now part of the Piccadilly Line
Piccadilly Line

The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the third busiest line on the Underground network judged by its passengers per annum....
) included a proposal for the line to continue to Temple. The plan was rejected and the route was ended instead at the now closed Aldwych
Aldwych tube station

Aldwych tube station is a Closed London Underground stations formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. It is surrounded on either side by the buildings of King's College London....
 station, about 200 m to the north.

On 31 December 1908, the Outer Circle service was withdrawn from the MDR tracks.

In 1949, the Metropolitan Line operated Inner Circle route was given its own identity on the tube map
Tube map

The tube map is the schematic diagram representing the lines, stations, and zones of London's rapid transit railway system, the London Underground ....
 as the Circle Line.

Notable local places

  • HMS President
    HMS President (1918)

    HMS President, formerly HMS Saxifrage is an Anchusa class corvette corvette of the Royal Navy, completed in 1918. The vessel was built at the shipyard of Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew, Scotland as Yard Number 827 ...
  • HQS Wellington
    HMS Wellington

    HMS Wellington is a Grimsby class sloop sloop-of-war, formerly of the Royal Navy. During World War II she served as a convoy escort ship in the North Atlantic....
  • King's College London
    King's College London

    King's College London is a United Kingdom higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by George IV of the United Kingdom and the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of University of Oxford and Un...
     and the London School of Economics
    London School of Economics

    The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the University of London in London, England....
  • St. Clement Danes
  • St Mary-le-Strand
    St Mary-le-Strand

    St Mary-le-Strand is a Church of England church at the eastern end of the Strand, London in the City of Westminster, London. It stands to the north of Somerset House and The Temple and south of Bush House, on what is now a traffic island....
  • Somerset House
    Somerset House

    Somerset House is a large building situated on the south side of the Strand, London in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge....
  • Waterloo Bridge
    Waterloo Bridge

    Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge....


In popular culture


The station appears in a 1992 episode of Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey is a United Kingdom television series created and written by United Kingdom writer and barrister John Mortimer, Queen's Counsel and starring Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients....
 (Rumpole and the Children of the Devil), as Horace Rumpole travels from there to Knightsbridge station
Knightsbridge tube station

Knightsbridge tube station is a London Underground station in Knightsbridge. It is on the Piccadilly Line between South Kensington tube station and Hyde Park Corner tube station, and is in Travelcard Zone 1....
, being spotted enroute by his wife Hilda, who is travelling to the same destination separately from Gloucester Road station
Gloucester Road tube station

Gloucester Road is a London Underground station in South Kensington. It is served by the District Line, Circle line and Piccadilly Line Lines. On the District and Piccadilly lines the station is between South Kensington tube station and Earl's Court tube station, and on the Circle Line it is between South Kensington tube station and High Str...
.

Trivia

  • 'Temple
    Temple (Paris Metro)

    Temple is a metro station of the Paris M?tro, serving Paris M?tro Line 3.It is named after a long-demolished Knights Templar fortification that once stood in the square named for it....
    ' is the only name to be shared by a station of the Paris Métro
    Paris Métro

    The Paris M?tro or M?tropolitain is the rapid transit system in Paris. It is a symbol of the city, notable for its station architecture, influenced by Art Nouveau....
     and a station of the London Underground
    London Underground

    The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
    .
  • The station is mentioned in Dan Brown's
    Dan Brown

    Dan Brown is an United States author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code and the 2000 bestselling novel, Angels & Demons....
     book The Da Vinci Code
    The Da Vinci Code

    The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 in literature Mystery -detective fiction fiction novel written by United States author Dan Brown and published by the Doubleday in the United States and Bantam Books in the United Kingdom....


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