Moorgate station

Also known as Moorgate tube station, Moorgate railway station, Moorgate Underground station, Moorgate Street station, MOG

London Underground and railway station in Moorgate, London Borough of City of London, England, UK

Key facts

2020: 5.84 million
2021: 8.79 million
2022: 20.01 million
2023: 23.33 million
2024: 26.93 million
Location: Moorgate
Local authority: City of London
Managed by: London Underground
Owners: Transport for London Network Rail
Station code: MOG
Dft category: E
Number of platforms: 10 (8 in use)
Out of station interchange span osi: Liverpool Street
2020 21: 1.935 million
Interchange: 0.232 million
2021 22: 3.346 million
2022 23: 5.588 million
2023 24: 8.229 million

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Image: LU 1995 Stock at Moorgate.jpg

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date of official opening: 1900-02-25
Commons category: Moorgate station
OS grid reference: TQ3273081686

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Moorgate (/ˈmʊərɡeɪt/) 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. It is in London fare zone 1.

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 Thameslink branch services were withdrawn in the early 21st century, and a new ticket hall was built connected to the newly opened Elizabeth line at Liverpool Street in 2021, with through access to the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.