Angel tube station
Angel 
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Entrance on Islington High Street
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 Angel
Location of Angel in Central London
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| Location | Angel |
| Local authority | London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 18.58 million |
| 2013 |
18.93 million |
| 2014 |
19.22 million |
| 2015 |
19.76 million |
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| 1901 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°31′55″N 0°06′22″W / 51.532°N 0.106°WCoordinates: 51°31′55″N 0°06′22″W / 51.532°N 0.106°W |
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Angel is a London Underground station in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington. It is on the Bank branch (eastern corollary) of the Northern line, between Old Street and King's Cross St. Pancras stations, in Travelcard Zone 1. The station was originally built by the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) and opened on 17 November 1901. The station served as a terminus until the line was extended to Euston on 12 May 1907.
The station was rebuilt in the early 1990s to accommodate the large number of passengers using the station. As a result, the station has an extra-wide southbound platform, the longest escalators on the Underground network and the fourth-longest escalators in Western Europe. It is also a proposed station on the Crossrail 2 proposed line (N. Surrey and S.W. London-S.E. Hertfordshire).
On Islington High Street, the station provides access to several nearby Off West End, or Fringe theatre venues including the Old Red Lion Theatre, Sadler's Wells Theatre, the King's Head Theatre and the Almeida Theatre. It is also the nearest station to the main campus of City University and Chapel Market, a London street market, and the antiques market and dealers of Camden Passage. Between Angel and Old Street is the disused City Road station.
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