On 17 Nov, 14:20, Paul Oter wrote:
For weeks I've been changing between Bank (Northern Line) and Monument
despite dire warnings in LU publicity that this was not possible. Many
here will be aware that these warnings have been related more to crowd
management than actual escalator closures.

So I thought I'd pass on the news that since last weekend there is
absolutely no access from Monument down to the Northern Line (or any
other part of Bank station) following the closure of the down
escalator for repairs.

You can still go in the other direction without difficulty, from the
Northern Line up to Monument. However for some reason only the
passageway to the eastbound Circle line platform is open. To get from
the Northern Line to the westbound Circle line platform you need to go
up to the eastbound Circle line platform, then up to to ticket hall
level and finally down again to the westbound platform.

Hope that makes sense and is of use to somebody...


I'm sure may will already be well aware of this but it's worth
mentioning anyway - Bank station is but a very short walk up from
Cannon Street station - it's exit 8 from Bank station is just at the
top of Walbrook. Anyone coming from the west on the District line
would obviously do well to change using this route rather than walk up
King William Street from Monument to Bank, and I suppose this could
well also be the case for those pax coming from the east on the
District who need to change at Bank too (AFAICS that's principally
people heading south on the Northern line - so long as the H&C line is
working properly, that is!).

All that said, out-of-station interchange has only been set up to work
between Bank and Monument stations - so the Bank/Cannon Street change
isn't available to people holding a single ticket, and will mean those
using Oyster PAYG will be charged for two separate journeys.

Of course this change is also really handy for mainline pax arriving
on trains at Cannon Street heading for the Central line (and v.v.).