Moorgate station
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 Stevenage are operated by Great Northern, while the Underground station is served by the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Northern lines.
| Moorgate | |
|---|---|
Entrance to Moorgate prior to Crossrail works | |
Moorgate Location of Moorgate in Central London | |
| Location | Moorgate |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | Transport for London Network Rail |
| Station code | MOG |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 10 (7 in use) |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Liverpool Street |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2018 | 23.86 million |
| 2019 | 25.05 million |
| 2020 | 5.84 million |
| 2021 | 8.79 million |
| 2022 | 20.01 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 | 11.509 million |
| – interchange | 0.733 million |
| 2019–20 | 9.994 million |
| – interchange | 0.675 million |
| 2020–21 | 1.935 million |
| – interchange | 0.232 million |
| 2021–22 | 3.346 million |
| – interchange | 0.430 million |
| 2022–23 | 5.588 million |
| – interchange | 0.673 million |
| Key dates | |
| 23 December 1865 | Opened (MR) |
| 25 February 1900 | Opened (C&SLR) |
| 14 February 1904 | Opened (GN&CR) |
| 24 October 1924 | Renamed Moorgate |
| 28 February 1975 | Moorgate tube crash |
| 20 March 2009 | Withdrawn (Thameslink) |
| 24 May 2022 | Opened access to Liverpool Street (EL) |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51.5186°N 0.0886°W |
| London transport portal | |
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 – at the time, the worst peacetime accident in the history of the London Underground – in which 43 people were killed. Thameslink branch services were withdrawn in the early 21st century, and a new ticket hall was built connected to the newly opened Elizabeth line at Liverpool Street in 2021, with through access to the rest of Liverpool Street Underground station.