Moorgate station
Moorgate station is a central London National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London. It is on Moorgate, north of London Wall. At one time the station was named "Moorgate Street". It is the central London railway terminus for suburban First Capital Connect services from Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth. Until March 2009 it was also a terminus for trains on the Thameslink line, also run by First Capital Connect. It is the site of the Moorgate tube crash of 1975 in which 46 people were killed and 74 were injured.[7]
Moorgate | |
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Location | Moorgate |
Local authority | City of London |
Managed by | London Underground |
Station code | MOG |
Number of platforms | 8 |
Fare zone | 1 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2008 | 22.220 million[1] |
2009 | 21.182 million[1] |
2017 | 26.87 million[1] |
2018 | 23.86 million[2] |
2019 | 25.05 million[3] |
2020 | 5.84 million[4] |
2021 | 8.79 million[5] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2007–08 | 10.109 million[6] |
– interchange | 1.351 million[6] |
2008–09 | 9.374 million[6] |
– interchange | 1.229 million[6] |
2009–10 | 6.737 million[6] |
– interchange | 1.294 million[6] |
Key dates | |
1865 | Opened (MR) |
1900 | Opened (C&SLR) |
1904 | Opened (GN&CR) |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51°31′07″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5186°N 0.0886°W |
The Underground station is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Old Street and Bank, and also on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, between Barbican and Liverpool Street.
Gallery
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Entrance on Moorgate, the eastern side of the main building. There is another exit on Moorgate, directly opposite.
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The western side of the main building has one of two entrances on Moorfields, with Moorgate visible on the extreme right in the background
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Northbound Northern line platform looking north.
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Roundel on northbound Northern line platform.
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Northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform looking north. Note 16 ft (mainline) diameter tunnel ahead.
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Station sign on northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform. Note old Network SouthEast style.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 {"Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018. Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "infobox_stats_ref_tube_2007" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ↑ "History A Time Line for Policing the Railways". Archived from the original on 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
Other websites
change- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Moorgate station building in 1915.
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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towards Hammersmith | Circle line | towards Edgware Road (via Aldgate) |
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Hammersmith & City line | towards Barking |
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Metropolitan line | towards Aldgate |
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Northern line Bank branch | ||||
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
Old Street | First Capital Connect Northern City Line Monday-Friday only |
Terminus | ||
Disused Railways | ||||
Barbican | First Capital Connect Thameslink |
Terminus | ||
Abandoned Northern Heights proposal | ||||
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
towards Bushey Heath | Northern line | towards Morden |
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towards Alexandra Palace | Northern line | Terminus |