Temple tube station

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Location
Place	Victoria Embankment
Local authority	Westminster
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit	6.659 million
Transport for London
Zone	1
History
Key dates	Opened 1870
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail

Temple is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment. It is on the Circle and District lines between Embankment and Blackfriars and is in Travelcard Zone 1.

The name comes from the Knights Templar, via Inner Temple and Middle Temple, which are situated nearby. It is also the closest station to Aldwych tube station, the famous disused station of the London Underground.

[edit] Notable local places

Temple is the nearest tube station for King's College London and the London School of Economics.

[edit] Trivia

'Temple' is the only name to be shared by a station of the Paris Métro and a station of the London Underground.

Preceding station	Underground Lines			Following station
Embankment		Circle Line		Blackfriars
		District Line