Angel Station

Address: High Street, London
N1 9LQ
Opened: 1st September 1892
Station Code: AGL
Fare Zone: 1

London Underground Line(s) Served:

Northern Line (Bank Branch)

Service Pattern(s):

20 Trains Per Hour to Morden
10 Trains Per Hour to Edgware
8 Trains Per Hour to High Barnet
2 Trains Per Hour to Mill Hill East

Interchange(s)

None

Station History

The City & South London Railway opened Angel Station on 17th November 1901 as the terminus of their new northern extension from Moorgate. The original station building, located at the corner of City Road and Torrens Street was designed by Sydney Smith.

The ambitious nature of the C&SLR saw Angel’s terminus status last less than six years, as the line was extended to Euston, opening on 12th May 1907 with Angel becoming a through station.

The C&SLR was taken over by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London in 1913 and the new owner continued to expand and improve the line. In the 1920s the entire line was closed to rebuild the tunnels to allow for larger trains. At this time Angel received a newly tiled station façade and the original lifts were replaced with larger examples.

As a result of the tunnel widening works, the UERC merged the line with its existing Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway to form the Morden to Edgware Line.

Following the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, the UERC was merged with other rail and bus companies to form London Transport. At this time, the Mordern to Edgware service was renamed to the Northern Line.

From opening, the original station building and lifts suffered from chronic overcrowding, made worse by the narrow ialand platform at track level. With London’s ever-growing population and the move towards further passenger safety, the decision was taken to rebuild the whole station.

Work commenced in 1989 with the original station building being closed. This was followed by construction of a new section of Northbound running tunnel to allow for a new platform. The Southbound platform was rebuilt and widened to occupy the space left by the former Northbound platform and running line.

On the surface, a new ticket hall was constructed on Islington High Street as part of the Angel Square office development, with escalators being installed down to platform level, replacing the original lifts in the old building. The new ticket hall opened on 10th August 1992 with the rest of the station becoming operational on 17th September of that year.

Further refurbishment work was carried out in 2007 with additional CCTV cameras and help points being installed, alongside new communications equipment and the replacement of damaged signage.