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Moorgate London Underground National Rail
Entrance to Moorgate
LocationMoorgate
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byLondon Underground
Station code(s)MOG
Number of platforms8
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008Increase 22.220 million[1]
2009Decrease 21.182 million[1]
2018Decrease 23.86 million[2]
2019Increase 25.05 million[3]
2020Decrease 5.84 million[4]
2021Increase 8.79 million[5]
2022Increase 20.01 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08Increase 10.109 million[7]
– interchange Increase 1.351 million[7]
2008–09Decrease 9.374 million[7]
– interchange Decrease 1.229 million[7]
2009–10Decrease 6.737 million[7]
– interchange Increase 1.294 million[7]
Key dates
1865Opened (MR)
1900Opened (C&SLR)
1904Opened (GN&CR)
Other information
External links
London transport portal

Moorgate station (formerly Moorgate street) is a central London railway terminus and London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London; it provides National Rail services by First Capital Connect for Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth and also serves the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan Lines and the Bank branch of the Northern Line. It was the terminus for the Moorgate branch of the Thameslink line until March 2009 and was the site of the Moorgate tube crash of 1975 when 46 people were killed and 74 were injured.[8]

Platforms

Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan use platforms 1 & 2 (through platforms) and also 3 & 4 (bays). First Capital Connect use platforms 9 & 10 (the Northern City Line platforms) and are signed as "trains to Stevenage". Signs to platforms 5 & 6 bear the words "Trains to Bedford".

The Underground lines are electrified on the standard London Underground four rail system. The former Thameslink bays using 25kV AC overhead.

History

The station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway in December 1865 as the first extension from its original route between Template:LUL stations and Template:LUL stations. The track to King's Cross was widened to four tracks in 1868 as the 'City Widened Lines'. These lines now form part of the Metropolitan line, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines and for a while formed the Moorgate branch of the Thameslink line.

The Northern line platforms were opened by the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) as "Moorgate Street" in February 1900 and formed the northern terminus of its services from Template:LUL stations south of the River Thames. The line was extended to Template:LUL stations the following year with services to London Midland Region (LMR) destinations using the Midland Main Line and Eastern Region (ER) destinations using the East Coast Main Line (ECML) (accessed via the York Road Curve and Hotel Curve to King's Cross). British Rail services to Moorgate were initially steam operated before being converted to Cravens-built diesel multiple units and British Rail Class 31 locomotives class hauling non-corridor stock which remained in operation until the mid 1970s.

The Northern City Line to Moorgate was opened by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) in February 1904 offering a service to Template:LUL stations. The tunnels were constructed at a diameter capable of accommodating main line trains given the companies intentions to run main line trains via Finsbury Park directly into the city. Unfortunately the two companies were not able to agree and main line trains didn't use the lines for another 70 years.

The Snow Hill tunnel closed in 1916 after which Widened City Lines services terminated at Morrgate. From 1934 the Northern City Line was operated as the Highbury Branch of the Northern line.

Moorgate station was completely rebuilt and extended to six platforms in the 1960s.

46 people were killed and 74 seriously injured in the Moorgate tube crash on 28 February 1975 when a southbound train crashed into buffers at the end of the line at the station inside a tunnel beyond the platform. It was the greatest loss of life on the Underground during peacetime.

British Rail took over control of the Northern City Line from London Underground in 1975. The Highbury Branch of the Northern line was terminated. Services from Finsbury Park to Moorgate were diverted to the Northern City Line from the Widened City Lines the following year. The City Widened Lines had overhead electrification installed by 1982 allowing Midland City Line service to run from Bedford via the Midland Main Line to Moorgate on what became known as Moorgate branch of the Thameslink service. The Moorgate Thameslink branch closed permanently in March 2009 as part of the £6billion Thameslink programme.

The Trains do not serve the Northern City Line during late evenings and at weekends, being diverted to London Kings Cross instead.

Proposed developments

Crossrail

Under the Crossrail plans, the western ticket hall of Template:LUL stations station will be situated just east of Moorgate station. An interchange will be built, which will also link Moorgate to the Central line .[9]

Services

London bus routes 21, 43, 76, 100, 133, 141, 153, 205, 214, 271 and night routes N21, N76, N133.

Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Template:LUL lines
Template:LUL lines
Template:LUL lines
Template:LUL lines
Bank branch
National Rail National Rail
Template:LUL stations   First Capital Connect
Northern City Line
Monday-Friday only 		  Terminus
Disused railways
Template:LUL stations   First Capital Connect
Thameslink 		  Terminus
  Abandoned Northern Heights proposal  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Template:LUL lines
Template:LUL linesTerminus

References

  1. ^ a b {"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: The named reference "infobox_stats_ref_tube_2007" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  8. ^ History A Time Line for Policing the Railways
  9. ^ Tunnel Talk - see diagram
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