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Moorgate station

Coordinates:51°31′07″N0°05′19″W/ 51.5186°N 0.0886°W/51.5186; -0.0886
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MoorgateLondon UndergroundNational Rail
Entrance to Moorgate
Moorgate is located in Central London
Moorgate
Moorgate
Location of Moorgate in Central London
LocationMoorgate
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byLondon Underground
Station codeMOG
Number of platforms8
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008Increase22.220 million[1]
2009Decrease21.182 million[1]
2017Decrease26.87 million[1]
2018Decrease23.86 million[2]
2019Increase25.05 million[3]
2020Decrease5.84 million[4]
2021Increase8.79 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08Increase10.109 million[6]
– interchangeIncrease1.351 million[6]
2008–09Decrease9.374 million[6]
– interchangeDecrease1.229 million[6]
2009–10Decrease6.737 million[6]
– interchangeIncrease1.294 million[6]
Key dates
1865Opened (MR)
1900Opened (C&SLR)
1904Opened (GN&CR)
Other information
External links
WGS8451°31′07″N0°05′19″W/ 51.5186°N 0.0886°W/51.5186; -0.0886

Moorgate stationis a centralLondonNational RailandLondon Undergroundstation in theCity of London.It is onMoorgate,north ofLondon Wall.At one time the station was named "Moorgate Street". It is thecentral London railway terminusfor suburbanFirst Capital Connectservices fromHertford,Welwyn Garden CityandLetchworth.Until March 2009 it was also a terminus for trains on theThameslinkline, also run by First Capital Connect. It is the site of theMoorgate tube crashof 1975 in which 46 people were killed and 74 were injured.[7]

The Underground station is on the Bank branch of theNorthern linebetweenOld StreetandBank,and also on theCircle,Hammersmith & CityandMetropolitan lines,betweenBarbicanandLiverpool Street.

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  • Entrance on Moorgate, the eastern side of the main building. There is another exit on Moorgate, directly opposite.
    Entrance on Moorgate, the eastern side of the main building. There is another exit on Moorgate, directly opposite.
  • The western side of the main building has one of two entrances on Moorfields, with Moorgate visible on the extreme right in the background
    The western side of the main building has one of two entrances on Moorfields, with Moorgate visible on the extreme right in the background
  • Northbound Northern line platform looking north.
    Northbound Northern line platform looking north.
  • Roundel on northbound Northern line platform.
    Roundel on northbound Northern line platform.
  • Northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform looking north. Note 16 ft (mainline) diameter tunnel ahead.
    Northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform looking north. Note 16 ft (mainline) diameter tunnel ahead.
  • Station sign on northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform. Note old Network SouthEast style.
    Station sign on northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform. Note oldNetwork SouthEaststyle.

References

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  1. ↑1.01.11.2{"Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)".London Underground station passenger usage data.Transport for London.January 2018. Archived fromthe original(XLSX)on 31 July 2018.Retrieved22 July2018.Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "infobox_stats_ref_tube_2007" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑"Station Usage Data"(CSV).Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018.Transport for London.21 August 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 22 May 2020.Retrieved27 April2020.
  3. ↑"Station Usage Data"(XLSX).Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019.Transport for London.23 September 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 9 November 2020.Retrieved9 November2020.
  4. ↑"Station Usage Data"(XLSX).Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020.Transport for London.16 April 2021.Retrieved1 January2022.
  5. ↑"Station Usage Data"(XLSX).Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021.Transport for London.12 July 2022.Retrieved7 September2022.
  6. ↑6.06.16.26.36.46.5"Station usage estimates".Rail statistics.Office of Rail Regulation.Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  7. ↑"History A Time Line for Policing the Railways".Archivedfrom the original on 2006-09-29.Retrieved2020-07-12.

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