On Mar 15, 3:02*pm, wrote:
In article ,

(Peter Masson) wrote:
"Neil Williams" wrote

I've never quite understood the point of having both Cannon St and
Monument - they're so close together.

Cannon Street for interchange with Southeastern; Monument for
interchange with Bank when all the escalators are working it's quite
a good interchange with the Northern Line, and better than Tower
Hill/Tower Gateway for connecting to the DLR.

Even though, as the crow flies, Bank is nearer to Cannon Street than to
Monument.

That depends on where you count Bank as being. It's a complex
probably covering as wide an area as Monument-Cannon Street-Mansion
House.

I think Cannon Street is nearer to the Central, Monument is nearer to
the Northern or DLR, Mansion House is nearer to the Waterloo and City.

But then all further complicated by the positioning of the exits and
whether they are open at particular times of day or week.

You are right that Cannon Street is nearest to the Bank entrance that
is guaranteed always to be open, but of course Cannon Street isn't ...