Moorgate station Facts for Kids

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Moorgate
London Underground annual entry and exit
Entrance to Moorgate
Moorgate Location of Moorgate in Central London
Location	Moorgate
Local authority	City of London
Managed by	London Underground
Station code	MOG
Number of platforms	8
Fare zone	1
2008	22.220 million
2009	21.182 million
2010	21.040 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	10.109 million
— interchange	1.351 million
2008–09	9.374 million
— interchange	1.229 million
2009–10	6.737 million
— interchange	1.294 million
Key dates
1865	Opened (MR)
1900	Opened (C&SLR)
1904	Opened (GN&CR)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
Other websites	Departures Layout Facilities Buses

Moorgate station is a central London National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London. It is on Moorgate, north of London Wall. At one time the station was named "Moorgate Street". It is the central London railway terminus for suburban First Capital Connect services from Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth. Until March 2009 it was also a terminus for trains on the Thameslink line, also run by First Capital Connect. It is the site of the Moorgate tube crash of 1975 in which 46 people were killed and 74 were injured.

The Underground station is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Old Street and Bank, and also on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, between Barbican and Liverpool Street.

Gallery

Entrance on Moorgate, the eastern side of the main building. There is another exit on Moorgate, directly opposite.
The western side of the main building has one of two entrances on Moorfields, with Moorgate visible on the extreme right in the background
Northbound Northern line platform looking north.
Roundel on northbound Northern line platform.
Northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform looking north. Note 16 ft (mainline) diameter tunnel ahead.
Station sign on northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform. Note old Network SouthEast style.
Sub-surface Eastbound/Clockwise Platform 1 at Moorgate station prior to Crossrail works
National Rail platform 9 looking north at Moorgate viewed from a Class 313
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

Sub-surface eastbound / clockwise, platform 1 at Moorgate station prior to Crossrail works
Moorgate station Circle line platforms in 1969, before the sub-surface platforms were rafted over.
The Moorfields entrance to Moorgate station
A heritage Metropolitan steam train at Moorgate station in 2014