Upper Street, Islington, London N1
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Upper Street, Islington, London N1
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 23 Nov 2013
A view along Upper Street towards the intersection with Pentonville Road (the A501 road). After crossing Pentonville Road, Upper Street continues as St John's Road (the B501 road). The Angel is one of five stations on the London Underground system named after a pub, the once-famous Angel Inn in this case, that dates back to 1638 or perhaps even earlier. From the time that it was built in 1901 the station suffered from congestion and unsafe overcrowding on its narrow island platform of 12 feet in width (or 3.7m), especially during the two rush hour periods. Consequently, the station was comprehensively rebuilt during the late C20th, reopening in 1992. The Angel station has the third-longest escalators in Western Europe with a vertical rise of 90 feet (27 m) and a length of 197 feet (60 m).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.532857
Longitude
-0.105975