Old Street station

On the surface there since the construction of a roundabout no actual station building more. Access to the platforms is carried out via ramps and stairs from the basement of a small shopping center. During the 1990s, the acidic soil with the result that part of the cast-iron Northern Line tunnel south of Old Street in running operation had to be replaced with new segments from stainless steel.

The station was opened by the City and South London Railway ( predecessor of the Northern Line ) on 17 November 1901. On February 14, 1904 followed by the platforms of the Northern City Line, which was also a part of the underground network from 1913. In order to expand the capacity of the platforms of the Northern Line were closed August 8, 1922 to April 20, 1924, in order to enlarge the tunnel profile. On 4 October 1975, the station of the Northern City Line was closed to them retool for railway operation. As of August 16, 1976 at perverse traits of British Rail, since their privatization and up to 31 March 2006 of such WAGN.