page_title: Charing Cross tube station
section_title: 1901
hierarchical_section_title: Charing Cross tube station / History / Planning / 1900s / 1901
caption_attribution_description: Map showing locations of stations proposed in 1901 in parliamentary bills for underground stations in the Charing Cross area.
context_page_description: Charing Cross is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster. The station is served by the Bakerloo and Northern lines and provides an interchange with Charing Cross mainline station. On the Bakerloo line it is between Embankment and Piccadilly Circus stations and on the Northern line it is between Embankment and Leicester Square stations. The station is in fare zone 1.
  Charing Cross was originally two separate stations, known for most of their existence as Trafalgar Square and Strand. The Bakerloo line platforms were opened by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway in 1906 and the Northern line platforms by the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway in 1907. The station was served by the Jubilee line between 1979 and 1999, acting as the southern terminus of the line during that period. The two earlier stations were connected together and given the current name when the Jubilee line opened.
  The station has entrances in Trafalgar Square, Strand, Villiers Street, Adelaide Street, William IV Street and in the mainline station.
context_section_description: Proposals for the 1901 parliamentary session that planned to serve Charing Cross included three new lines and the extension of one already approved.
  The Charing Cross, Hammersmith and District Railway (CCH&DR) proposed a line from just north of Charing Cross to Hammersmith via Knightsbridge and Kensington. Two stations were planned around Trafalgar Square: one to the north-east at Bedfordbury with its entrance probably to be located at the junction of Agar Street and Strand; the other on the south side of the Square.
  The Piccadilly and City Railway (P&CR) proposed a line from Piccadilly Circus to Cannon Street. It planned to connect to other companies' lines at each end: at Piccadilly Circus, to the authorised but not yet constructed B&PCR, and at Cannon Street to another proposed line, the North East London Railway (NELR). The P&CR's station at Charing Cross was to be on the east side of Adelaide Street at the junction with Strand.
  The Victoria, City and Southern Electric Railway proposed a line from Pimlico to Peckham Rye connecting Victoria with the City, Southwark and south-east London. Its tunnels would have run between Whitehall and Strand with a station to the south-west of the mainline station. The promoters failed to appear and the bill was declared "dead" in January 1901.
  The CCE&HR submitted a bill for an extension of its approved route south from Charing Cross to Westminster and Victoria.
  To review all these bills and the others submitted for underground lines in London, parliament established a joint committee under Lord Windsor. By the time the committee had produced its report, the 1901 parliamentary session was almost over so the promoters of the bills were asked to resubmit them for the 1902 session.
caption: Map showing proposed station sites, 1901
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