2008

TQ3281 : Moorgate Underground Station, Moorgate

taken 16 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England

Moorgate Underground Station, Moorgate
Moorgate Underground Station, Moorgate
London Underground

The London Underground system is also known as the "Tube". It is the oldest underground system in the world, the first section dating from 1863. The present system has over 250 miles of track and 272 stations. There are 11 lines covering Greater London, Essex, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire. Nearly half the system is above ground.
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Moorgate Station

Moorgate station is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station, providing weekday National Rail services by First Capital Connect for Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth and a daily service on the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan lines and the Bank branch of the Northern line.
The station was opened in 1865 by the Metropolitan Railway. In 1900 the City & South London Railway added the station to its network, under the name Moorgate Street, and the Great Northern & City Railway began serving the station in 1904.


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TQ3281, 5882 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 7 December, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 7 December, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 327 817 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:31.1177N 0:5.2870W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 327 817
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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