Moorgate station

Moorgate
Entrance to Moorgate prior to Crossrail works
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 (8 in use)
Fare zone1
OSILiverpool Street
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019 25.05 million[1]
2020 5.84 million[2]
2021 8.79 million[3]
2022 20.01 million[4]
2023 23.33 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20 9.994 million[6]
– interchange  0.675 million[6]
2020–21 1.935 million[6]
– interchange  0.232 million[6]
2021–22 3.346 million[6]
– interchange  0.430 million[6]
2022–23 5.588 million[6]
– interchange  0.673 million[6]
2023–24 8.229 million[6]
– interchange  0.537 million[6]
Key dates
23 December 1865Opened (MR)
25 February 1900Opened (C&SLR)
14 February 1904Opened (GN&CR)
24 October 1924Renamed Moorgate
28 February 1975Moorgate tube crash
20 March 2009Withdrawn (Thameslink)
24 May 2022Opened access to Liverpool Street (EL)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°31′07″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5186°N 0.0886°W / 51.5186; -0.0886
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Moorgate (/ˈmʊərɡt/) is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station on Moorgate in the City of London. Main line railway services for Hertford North, Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage are operated by Great Northern, while the London 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 – 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 Thameslink branch services were withdrawn in the early 21st century, and a new ticket hall was built connected to the newly opened Elizabeth line at Liverpool Street in 2021, with through access to the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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. 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. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.