Angel Tube Station

Angel Station (GPS: 51.53274, -0.10587)
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Angel Station (GPS: 51.53274, -0.10587) is a station of the London Underground. It was named after Angel, the district of London within the London Borough of Islington which in turn was named after a pub (public house) named Angel Inn, whose history goes back to 1638. The station, which is in Travelcard Zone 1, is served by the Bank Branch of the Northern Line between Old Street Tube Station and King's Cross St Pancras Tube Station.

Angel Tube Station serves a number of Off West End theatres which are located in the district, among them The King's Head Theatre and Almeida Theatre. The station first opened in 1901 for the City & South London Railway, and was the northern terminus of the line when it was extended from Moorgate Tube station.

Due to severe space constrains and concern over its narrow platform with - of barely twelve feet across - the station was entirely rebuilt, and the present modern station dates to 1992. The Angel Tube Station is one of the stations for the proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line, a.k.a. Chelney Line, which (at time of writing, November 2010), is still on the drawing board.

Platform level at Angel Station (GPS: 51.53274, -0.10587)
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Angel Station is on the Map of London Underground Lines & Tube Stations