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Bank and Monument stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground stations, spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. On Sunday September 7, 2003 Bank station was used for a disaster training exercise, billed as "the most realistic live disaster exercise of its kind". The first station to be known as Bank opened in early 1900 when the City and South London Railway (now part of the Northern Line) opened its extension to Moorgate. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bank_tube_station   (1226 words)

Bank Station - The Open Guide to London The westbound Central Line platform is the loudest in the whole Tube, as the sharp curve - caused by the fact that the platform is built around the underground vaults of the Bank of England - causes the train wheels to produce a shrieking noise in excess of 100 dB. The final underground part of the complex, the Waterloo and City Line, is off a westbound spur from the northern part of the station; there are routes signposted from the DLR and Central Lines, which are the nearest platforms. The deeper, western tunnel goes down to the DLR platforms (although as this is a terminus of the line, one is used for arrivals, the other for departures). london.openguides.org /index.cgi?Bank_Station   (357 words)

banking_.htm Bank can also refer to the 6 area of London 9 close to the 5 Bank of England, 5 and to Bank tube 7 station. Bank reserves 0 are typically kept in 2 the form of a 7 deposit with a central 6 bank. Banking 9 licenses are granted 9 by financial supervision 0 authorities and provides rights 1 to conduct the most 7 fundamental banking services such 2 as accepting deposits and 4 making loans. www.regtro.com /banking_.htm   (1465 words)

Bank of EnglandPublicationsNews2003Sir John Soane, A Special Exhibition at the Bank of England Museum This week the Bank marks the 250th anniversary of the birth, in 1753, of its renowned architect Sir John Soane with the opening of a special commemorative exhibition in the Bank's Museum. Supplementing the Soane material are an architectural history of the Bank from its establishment in 1694 and fascinating amateur footage of the construction in the 1930s of the present building. Sir John, who was the Bank's Architect and Surveyor from 16 October 1788 to 16 October 1833, was understandably proud of his achievements, describing his work with the Bank as: www.bankofengland.co.uk /publications/news/2003/076.htm   (396 words)

Radian Group Inc. - Office Locations & Directions Bank station is also linked through to Monument tube station which is on the District Line and Circle Line. The nearest tube station is Bank, which is on the Central Line, Northern Line and Waterloo and City Line. When leaving Bank tube station, take exit 6. www.changingthenatureofrisk.biz /about/locations/london2.aspx   (306 words)

London Underground Tube Station Maps Bank / Monument monochrome (28k) and colour (67k) Canada Water: this station is still under construction, but there is a 3D diagram (71k) on the JLE website Jubilee Line stations from Green Park to Stratford can be found in a book called "Extending the Jubilee Line". www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7069/stations.html   (215 words)

Casualty & fatality analysis The CWGC records 55 civilian fatalities which contain reference to "Bank tube station." Of these, 46 were deaths in situ, while nine died either the same night or in the next two days. 14/04/40 - "Died at Tube Station, Bounds Green Road" (Municipal Borough of Wood Green): 13/04/40 - "Died at Tube Station, Bounds Green Road" (Municipal Borough of Wood Green): www.625.org.uk /tuawtemp/tuawcafa.htm   (1829 words)

GN Online: Mustapha Karkouti : Two years on and the world is still reverberating with fear The streets around Bank station were cordoned off and staff at the nearby University College Hospital, which closed its doors for three hours during the operation, were also involved. The area immediately surrounding Bank station, where Bank of England and many multi-national financial institutions are located, was designated the so-called "Hot Zone" and the decontamination units are set up in a surrounding "Warm Zone". Leaflets were handed to every 'casualty' as they emerged from the station, which showed picto-grams of the 16-stage decontamination process. www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=97119   (922 words)

King's Cross St. Pancras tube station King's Cross St. Pancras tube station is the London Underground station serving both King's Cross and St. The first "underground" station at King's Cross opened as part of the Metropolitan Railway in 1863, and was rearranged in 1868 and 1926. On November 18, 1987 the station was the scene of the devastating King's Cross fire which killed thirty-one people. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/King's-Cross-St.-Pancras-tube-station.htm   (508 words)

Fascinating facts you never knew about the London Underground The only tube station which shares the name of a well known pop group is All Saints (yeah I know it's on the Docklands Light Railway- but it's still on the tube map). There are only two tube stations which have all five vowels in them - Mansion House and South Ealing. Northfields station on the Piccadilly line was the first to use kestrels and hawks to kill pigeons and stop them setting up homes in stations. solo2.abac.com /themole/tubefacts.html   (1231 words)

BBC NEWS England London Date set for Tube terror test Tube trains on the six lines which serve the station will not stop at Bank, although they will be allowed to run through to the next station to minimise disruption. Bank Tube station will be at the heart of a simulated terrorist strike on London Underground (LU) scheduled to take place next month. She said: "Bank is normally quite quiet on a Sunday and one part of the station is the Waterloo and City Line which is closed on Sundays. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/3141057.stm   (327 words)

Maven Training Bank station is also linked through to Monument tube station which is on the District Line and Circle Line. The nearest tube station to Regus Lombard Street is Bank, which is on the Central Line, Northern Line and Waterloo and City Line. When leaving Bank tube station, take exit 6 as you come out from the station look straight ahead you will see the Regus Flag at 68 Lombard St, it is on the left hand side Opposite Sainsbury's Local. www.maventraining.co.uk /venues/city.shtml   (187 words)

Mappin and Webb building at Bank The Bank of Englands crossroads doth entertain an extraordinary gathering of intersecting pathways, and this has forced designers through the ages to come up with some pretty mean shapes to fit their buildings into the angled atrocity we now know as Bank Tube Station. For a long time the most shocking sensation was the Mappin & Webb showrooms at Number One: Poultry, staged upon an acute corner that demanded its makers invent something of complexity that worked. www.geocities.com /londondestruction/mappin.html   (228 words)

[KLF] Tube poster On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 06:39:13PM +0100, David Simpson wrote: > Hi > > I was in Bank Tube station in London on Friday, transferring from the > The KLF burnt a million quid". It seemed to be part of a series of posters, Hmmmm, the "Bank" tube station and burning a million quid..... mailman.xmission.com /pipermail/klf/2003-June/003590.html   (94 words)

RTS: action report At 7:30am environmental activists climbed onto the roof of a tube train at Bank Station and shut down the eastbound Central Line. The protesters unfolded a carriage-length banner reading, "Private Profit at Public Expense", while others dressed as "fat cats" are offering to buy Bank station and are handing out peanuts and explanatory leaflets to passengers. During the 1996 tube strike activists organised a simultaneous Critical Mass bike blockade, while others occupied the office of the then London Underground Manager Peter Ford. rts.gn.apc.org /9807bank.htm   (355 words)

Moorgate Hotels accommodation - hotels in Moorgate London Bank underground station on Circle / District / Central / Northern (Bank branch) / Waterloo and City / DLR line. Nearest Tube station - Aldgate East - 0.5 km. Nearest Tube station - Farringdon - 0.5 km. www.kayukay.co.uk /moorgatehotels.html   (216 words)

Metronet Rail Metronet Rail spruces up Waterloo and City line platforms at Bank Tube Station London, 3rd December, 2004: Waterloo and City line platforms at Bank Tube station are being given a makeover by Metronet Rail, responsible for revitalising two thirds of the London Tube. After years of underinvestment Metronet is modernising the platforms to bring them up to the same standard as the rest of the station, upgraded when the Docklands Light Railway was introduced some ten years ago. Metronet is carrying out a range of works from re-tiling and painting works to bring various areas up to date with the rest of the station previously modernised. www.metronetrail.com /?sID=1102069047906   (332 words)

Articles - The Blitz American radio journalist Edward R. Murrow was stationed in London at the time of the Blitz, and he provided live radio broadcasts to the United States as the bombings were taking place. Marble Arch Underground Station - September 17, 1940 The country had been severely under-equipped to deal with a strategic bombing campaign and the number of public bomb shelters fell far below the required number, forcing the authorities in London to make use of around 80 London Underground stations to house as many as 177,000 people. www.worldhammock.com /articles/The_Blitz   (1558 words)

BBC - h2g2 - The Ultimate Guide to the London Underground - mark II This station is the only tube station on the whole network that doesn't contain ANY of the letters that make up the word mackerel. This station is characterised by an escalator of average length on which there will always be a gale force wind blowing no matter how calm the weather is elsewhere in the vicinity. The larger Chorleywood station is used to turn the trains, as is the Chalfont connection, while the regular shuttle train waits in a single siding at Chesham. www.bbc.co.uk /h2g2/guide/A408890   (7524 words)

London: July 2004 It was a half hour train ride from the Bank tube station and then an easy walk. The trip to Ikea was hellish: a looooonnngggg tube ride to North London, then a tedious walk from the tube station. The bank also requires a bank statement from our account in the U.S.; an original not a photocopy (I knew there was something I forgot to pack!). blogs.magnatune.com /london/2004/07   (6824 words)

Press Gazette - Journalism matters. Every week. Early indications from one distribution point, Bank tube station, indicated that only about one in ten commuters were picking up City AM. City AM was given away at every underground, railway and Docklands Light Railway station in City of London and Canary Wharf on Monday. And the fluorescent jacket wearing distribution agents were difficult to distinguish from those giving away various free magazines to commuters like Ms London. www.pressgazette.co.uk /article/050905/new_london_daily_newspaper_city_am_launches_today   (379 words)

Terror test for London The scenario acted out will be that of a chemical released on a busy train from Waterloo to Bank Tube station, in the heart of the City of London. The streets around Bank station will be cordoned off on Sunday and staff at University College Hospital will also be involved. Sixty police cadets will play the part of victims who will be decontaminated on the street as part of a major counter-terrorism exercise on the Waterloo and City Line. www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2003/September/bbc070903.htm   (371 words)

London Prepared Exercise Lessons Learned The emergency exercise at Bank Underground Station carried out on 7 September confirmed that a great deal of work has been done to improve London's capability to respond to major emergencies but identified further areas for action. The exercise was designed to enable London's frontline services, fire, police and ambulance, to practise their response to a chemical attack on the Tube. The Government, the Mayor of London and London's emergency services will continue to work together, through the London Resilience Forum, to ensure these lessons are learnt to improve the capital's preparedness, now and for years to come. www.londonprepared.gov.uk /antiterrorism/lessons.htm   (438 words)

InTechnology - How to find us - Maps and Directions The nearest tube station to InTechnology's London office is BANK. BANK is also linked by an underground walkway to MONUMENT tube station, which is serviced by: From Kings Cross station take the Piccadilly line south to Holborn, then head east on the Central line to Bank from where you can exit on to Threadneedle Street. www.intechnology.co.uk /intech_CMS/company.asp?id=21   (627 words)

London, England - April 2001 - London Things to see and do :: BootsnAll Travel Network You will now be at Bank tube station, and will be facing both the Royal Exchange building and the Bank of England. Exit via the church grounds (towards the tube station) and cross the road to Cheapside and walk along Cheapside to St Mary-le-Bow church. Walk through the park towards Tower Hill tube station. www.bootsnall.com /articles/04-08/london-england-april-2001.html   (1058 words)

web_of_fear.txt Knight suggests that they try re-approaching the station from the Piccadilly line since Holborn is on a junction of the Central and Piccadilly and the fungus might only be present on the former. Hanging on the wall is a map of the underground with lights on each station indicating whether that area is free from the web, and some of those lights are beginning to blink off. With a laugh, the Dr realises that they are in fact in an underground station, probably in the middle of the night. trap.mtview.ca.us /~schizo/dw/web_of_fear.txt   (12099 words)

Nathan's Notes: Sauntering on Saturday Not far from Bank tube station is Mansion House, behind Mansion House is a small church. In the end I settled for a walk through the city, starting at Bank tube station and ending up in Green Park. My plan had been to then take the tube from St. Paul’s to Covent Garden but the weather was fine so I decided to walk. www.nodewarrior.org /nathan/archives/000263.html   (520 words)

White & Case LLP - Complete Directions to our Office Bank station (Central, Northern, Circle, District, Waterloo and City lines and DLR) From Liverpool Street station it is an 8-10 minute walk to the office.  Head south down Old Broad Street.  Our office is on the left hand side of the street on the corner of Old Broad Street and Threadneedle Street. From Liverpool Street station it is an 8-10 minute walk to the office. www.whitecase.com /info.aspx?id=458439403   (437 words)

London Prepared Exercise 7 Sept EXERCISE AT BANK UNDERGROUND STATION, Sunday 7th September 2003 The Emergency Services took part in an exercise at Bank Underground Station and at University College Hospital on Sunday 7th September. The exercise aim was to test specific elements of the operational response to a chemical attack on the Tube. www.londonprepared.gov.uk /antiterrorism/exercise.htm   (679 words)

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