In November 1897, notice was published of a private parliamentary bill for an underground railway from the City of London to Brixton.

The line was then to diverge westwards to provide stations at St George's Circus and Lambeth Road, then south to Kennington Cross, before reaching an interchange at The Oval with the C&SLR.

[2] The proposals received royal assent on 1 July 1898 as the City and Brixton Railway Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict.

[3] The details of the route north of London Bridge changed over the course of the next ten years, as did the financial arrangements with the C&SLR.

[5] Instead, in 1902, the C&SLR took over the company with the intention of modifying the plans but the powers remained unused and eventually lapsed.