Old Street station

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Old Street

Station entrance
Old Street Location of Old Street in Central London
Location	Old Street
Local authority	Islington
Managed by	London Underground
Station code	OLD
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008	19.240 million[1]
2009	19.608 million[1]
2010	20.050 million[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007-08	0.813 million[2]
2008-09	0.828 million[2]
2009-10	1.327 million[2]
1901	Opened (C&SLR)
1904	Opened (GN&CR)
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

Coordinates: 51°31′33″N 0°05′14″W / 51.52581°N 0.08709°W / 51.52581; -0.08709

Old Street station is a central London National Rail and London Underground station located at the junction of Old Street and City Road just north of the City of London. It lies close to the border between the boroughs of Islington and Hackney. The station is in Travelcard Zone 1.

The station is on the Bank branch of London Underground's Northern Line, between Moorgate and Angel stations. It is also between Moorgate and Essex Road stations on National Rail's Northern City Line, operated by First Capital Connect. Although a through station on this route, for ticketing purposes, it is considered a central London railway terminus.^[3]

At the surface, the station is situated under the eastern edge of the busy Old Street roundabout, where Old Street crosses City Road. There is no ground-level station building, access being by ramps and stairs to a modern station entrance which is part of a small shopping parade beneath the roundabout. The original ground-level buildings were removed when the roundabout was constructed. The station has toilets, but they are not open late into the evening. On the Northern Line between Old Street and Angel stations is the disused tube station City Road.

History

The station was originally opened in November 1901 by the first deep-level tube railway, the City & South London Railway, as part of an extension of its line from Moorgate to Angel. The Northern City Line platforms were opened in February 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway which built its tunnels to a larger diameter capable of accommodating main line trains in the hope of carrying trains from its northern terminus at the Great Northern Railway's Finsbury Park station to Moorgate. This eventually happened in the 1970s, with the line becoming a BR route, with through services to Hertford and Welwyn Garden City. During the 1920s the station was rebuilt when escalators (1 & 2) replaced the lift shaft in accessing the platform tunnels. Between 1967 and 1969 the station was once again modified, the surface building was replaced with the current sub-surface structure situated in the centre of the roundabout and an additional escalator shaft (3) was added. During the 1990s the effects of corrosion caused by excessive soil acidity required a section of the cast iron running tunnel lining in the Northern Line, south of Old Street, to be re-lined with stainless steel tunnel segments.

Gallery

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  Northbound Northern line platform looking south

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  Roundel on northbound Northern line platform

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  Northbound Great Northern (First Capital Connect) platform looking north. Note large 16 ft (mainline) tube tunnel diameter ahead

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  Station sign on northbound First Capital Connect platform, in the old Network Southeast style

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011.  Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. ^ "Section A". National Fares Manual 98. Association of Train Operating Companies. http://www.atoc.org/retail/_downloads/NFM98/NFM98_Common_A.pdf. Retrieved 2 January 2010. ^{[dead link]}

Transport links

London bus routes 21, 43, 55, 76, 135, 141, 205, 214, 243, 271 and 394 Night routes N35, N55, N76.

External links

• Train times for Old Street station from National Rail
• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Original Old Street station building
  • Redesigned station building in 1929
• Map sources

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Angel towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet		Northern line Bank branch		Moorgate towards Morden (via Bank)
National Rail
London Moorgate		First Capital Connect Northern City Line Monday-Friday only		Essex Road
		Former Route (1901-22)
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
City Road towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet		Northern line		Moorgate towards Morden
		Abandoned plans
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Essex Road towards Bushey Heath		Northern line		Moorgate Terminus
Essex Road towards Alexandra Palace