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====Circle line====
====Circle line====
The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-34-circle-and-hammersmith-and-city.pdf|title=Circle and Hammersmith & City line WTT|last=|first=|date=|website=Transport for London|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-34-circle-and-hammersmith-and-city.pdf|title=Circle and Hammersmith & City line WTT|last=|first=|date=|website=Transport for London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111061516/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-34-circle-and-hammersmith-and-city.pdf|archive-date=11 November 2016|dead-url=yes|access-date=|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 6 tph Clockwise via Liverpool Street and Tower Hill
* 6 tph Clockwise via Liverpool Street and Tower Hill
* 6 tph Anti-Clockwise via Kings Cross St Pancras and Paddington
* 6 tph Anti-Clockwise via Kings Cross St Pancras and Paddington
Line 132: Line 132:
The Metropolitan Line is the only line to operate express services, though currently this is only during peak times (Westbound 06:30–09:30 / Eastbound 16:00–19:00). Fast services run non-stop between [[Wembley Park tube station|Wembley Park]], [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station|Harrow-On-The-Hill]] and [[Moor Park tube station|Moor Park]], Semi-fast services run non-stop between Wembley Park and Harrow-On-The-Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services|title=CULG – Metropolitan Line|website=www.davros.org|access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>
The Metropolitan Line is the only line to operate express services, though currently this is only during peak times (Westbound 06:30–09:30 / Eastbound 16:00–19:00). Fast services run non-stop between [[Wembley Park tube station|Wembley Park]], [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station|Harrow-On-The-Hill]] and [[Moor Park tube station|Moor Park]], Semi-fast services run non-stop between Wembley Park and Harrow-On-The-Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services|title=CULG – Metropolitan Line|website=www.davros.org|access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>


The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-339-metropolitan.pdf|title=Metropolitan line WTT|last=|first=|date=|website=Transport for London|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-339-metropolitan.pdf|title=Metropolitan line WTT|last=|first=|date=|website=Transport for London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701094033/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-339-metropolitan.pdf|archive-date=1 July 2016|dead-url=yes|access-date=|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 12 tph Eastbound to Aldgate
* 12 tph Eastbound to Aldgate
* 2 tph Westbound to Amersham (all stations)
* 2 tph Westbound to Amersham (all stations)

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Moorgate London Underground National Rail
Entrance to Moorgate prior to Crossrail works
Moorgate is located in Central London
Moorgate
Moorgate
Location of Moorgate in Central London
LocationMoorgate
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerTransport for London
Network Rail
Station code(s)MOG
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms10 (7 in use)
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 25.05 million[1]
2020Decrease 5.84 million[2]
2021Increase 8.79 million[3]
2022Increase 20.01 million[4]
2023Increase 23.33 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12Increase 7.617 million[6]
– interchange Increase 0.620 million[6]
2012–13Increase 7.997 million[6]
– interchange Increase 0.558 million[6]
2013–14Increase 9.052 million[6]
– interchange  [x.yyy] million[6]
2014–15Increase 9.398 million[6]
– interchange  0.580 million[6]
2015–16Decrease 8.850 million[6]
– interchange Decrease 0.440 million[6]
Key dates
23 December 1865Opened (MR)
25 February 1900Opened (C&SLR)
14 February 1904Opened (GN&CR)
24 October 1924Renamed Moorgate
20 March 2009Withdrawn (Thameslink)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°31′07″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5186°N 0.0886°W / 51.5186; -0.0886
London transport portal

Moorgate is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London. Main line railway services for Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth are operated by Great Northern, while the Underground station is served by the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Northern lines.

The station was opened as Moorgate Street in 1865 by the Metropolitan Railway. In 1900 the City & South London Railway added the station to its network and the Great Northern & City Railway began serving the station in 1904. In 1975 the Northern City Line platforms were the site of the Moorgate tube crash in which 43 people were killed—the worst accident in the history of the London Underground.[7]

Location

Sub-surface Eastbound/Clockwise Platform 1 at Moorgate station prior to Crossrail works

The station has entrances on both Moorgate itself and Moorfields, which runs parallel. While the public entrances from the street give access to all the train services at the station, there are three distinct levels.[8]

The Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines of the Underground system all use platforms 1 and 2, which are through platforms.[8] For terminating trains at busy times, there are platforms 3 and 4 which are west-facing bays. Adjacent to these are platforms 5 and 6 of the former Thameslink trains service from Bedford via St Pancras. These are disused following the closure of the Moorgate branch from Farringdon junction as part of the Thameslink Programme and are now used for the storage of permanent way material.[9]

The Northern line of the Underground uses platforms 7 and 8, which are in a deep-level tube section of the station.[8] National Rail services on the Northern City Line use platforms 9 and 10, which are terminal platforms. Train services run via the East Coast Main Line to Welwyn Garden City, and to Hertford North, Stevenage, Hitchin or Letchworth.[10]

London Buses routes 21, 43, 76, 100, 141, 153, 214 and 271 serve the station.

History

1861–1950

Plan of Moorgate Street station in 1886

The station was opened as Moorgate Street by the Metropolitan Railway as the first eastwards extension from the original terminus at Template:LUL stations. Parliamentary power had been obtained to build a station at Moorgate in 1861, two years before the initial section opened, and it opened on 23 December 1865. Increasing traffic by other companies, including goods traffic from the Great Northern Railway, led to the line between King's Cross and Moorgate being widened to four tracks; the route was called the City Widened Lines and included a new tunnel at Clerkenwell which was 16 feet (4.9 m) lower than the original. The Widened Lines were open from Moorgate to Farringdon on 1 July 1866, and to King's Cross on 17 February 1868.[11] Suburban services from the Midland Railway ran via Kentish Town and the Great Northern Railway ran via King's Cross.[12] In 1874, director of the Metropolitan, Edward Watkin, described Moorgate Street as "your great terminus" and recommended a 100-bedroom hotel should be built on top of the station.[13]

The now Northern line platforms were originally part of an extension of the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) beyond Template:LUL stations towards Template:LUL stations, forming the northern terminus of its services from Template:LUL stations south of the River Thames. An act for the extension had been authorised in 1893 and included a eastern diversion of the original line underneath the Thames. The new station opened on 25 February 1900.[14] The line was extended to Angel on 17 November the following year.[15]

The Northern City Line to Moorgate was opened by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on 14 February 1904 offering a service to Template:LUL stations. It had an escalator connection to the other Moorgate platforms. The route was constructed in tube tunnels, but they were constructed at a diameter capable of accommodating main-line trains (in contrast to the majority of London tube tunnels which are much smaller).[16] The line was the first to use automatic signalling throughout its length without any moving parts. Though a popular route, it went into decline after the Metropolitan Railway purchased the route on 1 July 1913. Consequently, the planned through services to the Great Northern Railway's main line were never implemented.[17]

The CS&LR line (taken over by the Underground Group in 1913) closed services between Moorgate and Euston on 9 August 1922 in order to widen tunnels to 11 feet 8¼ inches (3.56 metres). The section from Moorgate to Clapham Common was worked on during the night while daytime services remained running, but closed completely on 28 November 1923 following a roof collapse at Newington Causeway the day before. Services to Euston opened on 20 April 1924, along with a connection to Template:LUL stations and stations further north. Services to Clapham Common resumed on 1 December.[18] The station was renamed from Moorgate Street to Morgate on 24 October that year.[19]

1950 – present

An S7 Circle line train on a Clockwise service via Liverpool Street viewed from the opposite platform with a C69/77 stock train on a Clockwise service via Paddington on the approach

British Rail services to Moorgate were initially steam-operated. A commemorative service ran on 6 June 1971 from Moorgate to the depot at Neasden, powered by a 0-6-0 tank locomotive.[20] Steam was replaced by Cravens-built diesel multiple units and British Rail Class 31 locomotives class hauling non-corridor stock which remained in operation until the mid-1970s.[citation needed]

The Northern City Line connection for Moorgate to Finsbury Park tube was closed beyond Drayton Park on 5 October 1964 to allow work on the Victoria Line. The line never re-opened fully, but instead the line was connected to the Finsbury Park British Rail station, in order to provide a connection for suburban services into Moorgate. The new service opened on 1 September 1968.[21]

Moorgate station was completely modernised at platform level and street level in the 1960s, and the Widened Lines part of the station was extended to six platforms. The realignment of the platforms enabled about 500 yd (460 m) of the line to Barbican to be straightened and moved south to facilitate development of the Barbican Estate.[22]

On 28 February 1975, 43 people were killed and 74 seriously injured in the Moorgate tube crash, when a southbound Northern City Line train crashed into the end of the dead-end tunnel beyond the platform. It was the greatest loss of life on the Underground during peacetime and the worst ever train accident on the system. The cause was the driver's unexplained failure to stop or even slow down at the platform, causing the train to run at speed into the dead-end tunnel, colliding with the buffers and then with the wall.[23]

British Rail (Eastern Region) took over control of the Northern City Line from London Underground in 1975, as part of the Great Northern lines suburban electrification. The Highbury Branch of the Northern line was terminated. Services from Finsbury Park to Moorgate were diverted to the Northern City Line from the City Widened Lines the following year. The City Widened Lines were renamed the Moorgate line[24] when overhead electrification was installed in 1982, allowing the Midland City Line service to run from Bedford via the Midland Main Line to Moorgate on the Thameslink service.

The Moorgate Thameslink branch was reduced to peak hours services only in 2003, and closed permanently on 20 March 2009 as part of the Thameslink Programme upgrades.[9] The closure was required in order to lengthen the platforms at Farringdon to take the longer-carriage trains, which could only be done southward in the direction of Moorgate as there was too steep a gradient to the north.[25]

Infrastructure

Traction current on the Underground lines is supplied by the standard London Underground four rail system. Trains using the deep level Northern City Line platforms (9 and 10) are supplied with 750 V DC[26] traction current via the third rail, overseen by York Electrical Control Room.[26] Signalling is Track Circuit Block, Colour light signals with tripcock mechanisms, controlled by Kings Cross PSB.[26]

The former sub surface Thameslink bay platforms (5 and 6) were equipped with 25 kV AC[24] overhead line equipment, overseen by York Electrical Control Room.[24] Signalling was Track Circuit Block, Multiple aspect colour light signals, controlled by West Hampstead PSB.[24]

Crossrail

Crossrail is being built as a new west-east route under central London. Estimated completion – December 2018

Under the Crossrail plans, the western ticket hall of Crossrail's Template:LUL stations station will be situated just east of Moorgate station. An interchange will be built, linking Moorgate to the Central line at Liverpool Street.[27][28]

Services

London Underground

The Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines serve the station between Barbican to the west and Liverpool Street to the east. All three lines share the same pair of tracks from Baker Street Junction to Aldgate Junction making this section of track one of the most intensely used on the London Underground network.

Circle line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:[29]

  • 6 tph Clockwise via Liverpool Street and Tower Hill
  • 6 tph Anti-Clockwise via Kings Cross St Pancras and Paddington

Hammersmith & City line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:[29]

  • 6 tph Eastbound to Barking
  • 6 tph Westbound to Hammersmith via Paddington

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan Line is the only line to operate express services, though currently this is only during peak times (Westbound 06:30–09:30 / Eastbound 16:00–19:00). Fast services run non-stop between Wembley Park, Harrow-On-The-Hill and Moor Park, Semi-fast services run non-stop between Wembley Park and Harrow-On-The-Hill.[30]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[31]

  • 12 tph Eastbound to Aldgate
  • 2 tph Westbound to Amersham (all stations)
  • 2 tph Westbound to Chesham (all stations)
  • 8 tph Westbound to Uxbridge (all stations)

Off-peak services to/from Watford terminate at Baker Street

The typical peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[31]

  • 14 tph Eastbound to Aldgate
  • 2 tph Westbound to Amersham (fast in the evening peak only)
  • 2 tph Westbound to Chesham (fast in the evening peak only)
  • 4 tph Westbound to Watford (semi-fast in the evening peak only)
  • 6 tph Westbound to Uxbridge (all stations)

Northern line

The Northern line serves the station between Old Street to the north and Bank to the south being part of the City branch of the Northern line via London Bridge.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) are:[32]

Note that services to/from Mill Hill East operate from Finchley Central during off peak hours.

The typical peak time service in trains per hour (tph) are:[32]

Note that majority of through services to/from Mill Hill East travel via Charing Cross.

National Rail

Northern City Line

The Northern City Line, formerly part of the London Underground as self-contained tube line between Moorgate and Finsbury Park that was operated as part as a branch of the Northern line. The line is now part of the Great Northern Route (itself part of the East Coast Main Line), typical National Rail services at Moorgate off-peak Monday-Friday (all operated by Great Northern):

Great Northern introduced a weekend service from 13 December 2015.[33]

Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Template:LUL lines
Template:LUL lines
Template:LUL lines
Template:LUL lines
National Rail National Rail
Great NorthernTerminus
Disused railways
Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Template:LUL stations   First Capital Connect
City Widened Lines 		  Terminus
  Former services  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Template:LUL lines
Northern City Branch
Terminus
Template:LUL lines
Hammersmith branch (1864–1990)
  Abandoned Northern Heights proposal  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Template:LUL linesTerminus
  Abandoned Northern City Line extension  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Old Street   Metropolitan Railway
Northern City Line 		  Lothbury
Terminus

References

Citations

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  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  7. ^ Rolt, L.T.C.; Kichenside, Geoffrey M. (1982) [1955]. Red for Danger (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 298. ISBN 0-7153-8362-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  8. ^ a b c "Moorgate Axonometric Map". Transport for London. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b David 2017, p. 325.
  10. ^ "Moorgate Station Plan". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  11. ^ Day 1979, pp. 13–14.
  12. ^ Jackson 1986, p. 25.
  13. ^ Day 1979, p. 97.
  14. ^ Day 1979, p. 46.
  15. ^ Day 1979, p. 47.
  16. ^ Day 1979, p. 58.
  17. ^ Day 1979, p. 59.
  18. ^ Day 1979, pp. 84–85.
  19. ^ Mary Atkinson, Debra Shipley, London Regional Transport (Agency) (1987). Tube trails. Dragon. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-583-31042-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  21. ^ Day 1979, pp. 123–124.
  22. ^ Railway Magazine October 1963 p. 685
  23. ^ Foster, Stefanie (4 March 2015). "Moorgate…the unresolved tragedy". RAIL magazine. Bauer Consumer Media Ltd. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  24. ^ a b c d Network Rail (April 2001). South Zone Sectional Appendix. Vol. Module SO. p. SO280 1/119. SO/SA/001A. (Retrieved 10 December 2011)
  25. ^ "Why close the branch line to Barbican and Moorgate Thameslink?". Thames Link Programme. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
  26. ^ a b c Network Rail (December 2006). London North Eastern Route Sectional Appendix. Vol. Module LN2. p. LN105 41. SO/SA/001A. (Retrieved 12 April 2014)
  27. ^ Wallis, Shani, ed. (May 2009). "Typical layout of the mined underground stations (diagram)". Crossrail management mobilized. Tunnel Talk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ Nicholas, Dean (19 November 2010). "Crossrail, As It May Appear On The Tube Map". Londonist. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ a b "Circle and Hammersmith & City line WTT" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  30. ^ "CULG – Metropolitan Line". www.davros.org. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  31. ^ a b "Metropolitan line WTT" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  32. ^ a b "CULG – Northern Line". www.davros.org. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  33. ^ Seven-day-a-week service to the City better for late-returning commuters and weekend shoppers : Thameslink

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