Angel
The wide southbound platform at Angel, Northern Line, on 20th November 2021. But it wasn't always so as, when opened by the City & South London Railway in 1901 and for the next 91 years, it had a narrow island platform in a single tunnel. By the end of the 1980s this had become totally inadequate and the whole station was rebuilt, the new being unveiled in 1992. The northbound platform on the south side of the island was abolished and built over, while the southbound on the north side was retained, leaving a very wide southbound platform. A new tunnel for northbound trains was constructed, leaving and rejoining the 1901 track either side of Angel station, to accommodate a new northbound platform which is of normal width with new passageways driven through the former tunnel wall to connect them. The old entrance on City Road was abandoned and replaced by a new one on Islington High Street. The former CSLR platforms at Euston also included a single island platform which disappeared during the construction of the Victoria Line in the 1960s but two examples of how Angel once looked survive at Clapham North and Clapham Common on the southern section of the Northern Line.
Location: Angel
Original line: City and South London Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Northern Line + 1938 and 1995 stock, 1973-2022 London Underground stations 2010-2023
Date: 20/11/2021
Image number: 79201
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