Kennington tube station

Kennington
Station entrance
Kennington Location of Kennington in Central London
Location	Kennington Park Road
Local authority	Southwark
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1 and 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018	4.82 million[1]
2019	5.51 million[2]
2020	2.40 million[3]
2021	2.49 million[4]
2022	4.41 million[5]
Key dates
1890	Opened (C&SLR)
1923	Closed for reconstruction
1925	Reopened
1926	Opened (Charing Cross branch)
2021	Opened (Battersea branch)
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1385635[6]
Added to list	21 August 1974; 49 years ago (1974-08-21)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°29′17.8″N 0°6′20.4″W / 51.488278°N 0.105667°W / 51.488278; -0.105667
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Kennington is a London Underground station on Kennington Park Road in Kennington within the London Borough of Southwark. The station is served by the Northern line and is at the junction of the Charing Cross and Bank branches to the north and the Morden and Battersea Power Station branches to the south. Northbound, the next stations are Waterloo on the Charing Cross branch and Elephant & Castle on the Bank branch. Southbound, the next stations are Oval towards Morden and Nine Elms towards Battersea Power Station respectively. The station is in both Travelcard Zones 1 and 2.

The station was opened in 1890 as part of the world's first underground electric railway and its surface building remains largely unaltered. In the 1920s, the underground parts of the station were reconstructed so that the line could be extended and larger trains could be used. Two additional platforms and later several cross passages were provided for interchanges between the branches.