Angel tube station
Angel is a London Underground station in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern line, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Old Street stations, in Travelcard Zone 1. The station was originally built by the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) and opened on 17 November 1901. The station served as a terminus until the line was extended to Euston on 12 May 1907.
| Angel | |
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Entrance of the post-1992 Angel station on Islington High Street. The building above has since been demolished. | |
Angel Location of Angel in Central London | |
| Location | Angel |
| Local authority | London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2018 | 17.02 million |
| 2019 | 17.71 million |
| 2020 | 5.26 million |
| 2021 | 7.26 million |
| 2022 | 12.37 million |
| Key dates | |
| 17 November 1901 | Opened |
| 1990–92 | Rebuilt |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51.532°N 0.106°W |
| London transport portal | |
The station was rebuilt between 1989 and 1992 to accommodate the large number of passengers using the station. As a result, it has an extra-wide southbound platform, surfaced over the original island platform which served both north- and south-bound trains. The station has the longest escalators on the Underground network, and the fourth-longest in Western Europe.
It is a candidate station on the proposed Crossrail 2 line from north Surrey and south-west London to south-east Hertfordshire.