Moorgate station
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Entrance to Moorgate | |
Location | Moorgate |
Local authority | City of London |
Managed by | London Underground |
Station code(s) | MOG |
Number of platforms | 8 |
Fare zone | 1 |
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1865 | Opened (MR) |
1900 | Opened (C&SLR) |
1904 | Opened (GN&CR) |
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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.
References
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ History A Time Line for Policing the Railways
- ^ Tunnel Talk - see diagram
External links
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- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Moorgate station building in 1915.
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1
- Use dmy dates from May 2011
- Northern Line stations
- Circle Line stations
- Hammersmith & City Line stations
- Metropolitan Line stations
- Tube stations in the City of London
- Railway stations in the City of London
- Railway termini in London
- Former Metropolitan Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1865
- Former City and South London Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1900
- Former Great Northern and City Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1904
- Railway stations closed in 1975
- Railway stations opened in 1976
- Railway stations served by Crossrail
- DfT Category E stations
- Barbican Estate