![]() ![]() Consequently, the planned through services to the Great Northern Railway's main line were never implemented. Though a popular route, it went into decline after the Metropolitan Railway purchased the route on 1 July 1913. ![]() The line was the first to use automatic signalling throughout its length without any moving parts. 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). It had an escalator connection to the other Moorgate platforms. The Northern City Line to Moorgate was opened by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on 14 February 1904 offering a service to Finsbury Park. ![]() The line was extended to Angel on 17 November the following year. The new station opened on 25 February 1900. An act for the extension had been authorised in 1893 and included an eastern diversion of the original line underneath the Thames. The now Northern line platforms were originally part of an extension of the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) beyond Borough towards Angel, forming the northern terminus of its services from Stockwell south of the River Thames. 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. Suburban services from the Midland Railway ran via Kentish Town and the Great Northern Railway ran via King's Cross. The Widened Lines were open from Moorgate to Farringdon on 1 July 1866, and to King's Cross on 17 February 1868. Increased traffic from 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. Parliamentary power had been obtained to build a station at Moorgate in 1861, two years before the initial section, and it was completed on 23 December 1865. The station was opened as Moorgate Street by the Metropolitan Railway as the first eastwards extension from the original terminus at Farringdon. London Buses routes 21, 43, 76, 100, 141 and 153 serve the station. Because of this, Moorgate is part of the London station group and accepts tickets marked "London Terminals". Train services run via the East Coast Main Line to Welwyn Garden City, and to Hertford North, Stevenage. National Rail services on the Northern City Line use platforms 9 and 10, which are terminal platforms. The Northern line of the Underground uses platforms 7 and 8, which are in a deep-level tube section of the station. These are disused following the closure of the Moorgate branch from Farringdon junction as part of the Thameslink Programme and are now used for storage. Adjacent to these are platforms 5 and 6 of the former Thameslink trains service from Bedford via St Pancras. For terminating trains at busy times, there are platforms 3 and 4 which are west-facing bays. The Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan underground lines use platforms 1 and 2, which are through platforms. The public entrances from the street give access to all the train services at the station, there are three distinct levels. The station has entrances on both Moorgate itself and Moorfields, which runs parallel. Sub-surface eastbound / clockwise, platform 1 at Moorgate station prior to Crossrail works 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. 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. 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. The station was opened as Moorgate Street in 1865 by the Metropolitan Railway. 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 is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London. ![]()
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