Old Street station

Old Street National Rail London Underground
View of the station from the southeast
Old Street is located in Central London
Old Street
Old Street
Location of Old Street in Central London
LocationSt Luke's
Local authorityIslington
Managed byLondon Underground
Station code(s)OLD
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms4
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 27.11 million[1]
2020Decrease 6.68 million[2]
2021Increase 9.64 million[3]
2022Increase 16.18 million[4]
2023Decrease 15.85 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 7.120 million[6]
2019–20Decrease 6.768 million[6]
2020–21Decrease 2.231 million[6]
2021–22Increase 3.673 million[6]
2022–23Increase 5.437 million[6]
Key dates
17 November 1901Opened (C&SLR)
14 February 1904Started (GN&CR)
1968Redeveloped
2014Redeveloped
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°31′33″N 0°05′14″W / 51.52581°N 0.08709°W / 51.52581; -0.08709
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Old Street is an interchange station at the junction of Old Street and City Road in Central London for London Underground and National Rail services.

The station is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between Angel and Moorgate stations and on the Northern City Line between Moorgate and Essex Road stations. The station is in the London Borough of Islington (straddling the Hackney border). It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

The station was built by the City and South London Railway and opened in 1901. It was rebuilt by Stanley Heaps in 1925 with a more uniform frontage, and again in 1968, replacing all surface buildings with a subsurface complex. In 2014, it was redeveloped to provide more retail space. Old Street station has become busier, attracting over 20 million visitors in 2014; a trend expected to continue following redevelopment of the local area as a centre for the British Information Technology industry.

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.