FARRINGDON - BARBICAN - MOORGATE

(1866 - 2009)

 

The Widened Lines were built between Kings Cross and Moorgate as relief for the Metropolitan Line's tracks. They opened in their entirety in 1868.



 

1930s map. Aldersgate Street station has since been renamed Barbican.

 

 

 

View of the same tunnel but from the Moorgate end. Moorgate station, and the tunnels between it and Barbican station, were redeveloped in the 1960s as part of the Barbican development.

The train seen here arriving at Moorgate was the last one to carry passengers from the station on its day of closure.

(photo: 2009)

 

 

 

View the other way at the Moorgate platforms.

(photo: 2009)

 

 

 

Eastward view.

(photo: 2004)

 

 

 

The Widened Lines platforms at Moorgate station looking west.

(photo: 2005)

 

 

 

The countdown clock. The time referred to the last timetabled train. A curious feature of the timetable was that the last two trains to arrive at Moorgate would then return empty (out of service) to the depot. On the day of closure, the last one of these was designated a 'special' and enthusiasts were allowed to travel in it as far as Kentish Town.

(photo: 2009)

 

 

 

The Widened Lines departures information screens at Moorgate station.

(photo: 2005)

 

 

 

Westward view. The tracks visible on the right of the photo are the terminating bays for Hammersmith & City/Circle line trains.

(photo: 2004)

 

 

 

The Widened Lines platforms at Moorgate station looking eastward.

(photo: 2005)

 

 

 

As above but ten years later and closer to the buffers. The skylight has been used for the temporary stairs, which are resting on the rails.

(photo: Oct 2015)

 

 

 

The last train to carry passengers from Moorgate station on its day of closure.

(photo: 2009)

 

 

 


 

Farringdon / Holborn Viaduct / Ludgate Circus