Angel tube station 17 September 1992. Because of the distance between the new entrance and the platforms, and their depth, two flights of escalators were required, aligned approximately at a right angle. The station's ticket hall has a sculpture of an Angel by Kevin Boys. Angel is one of the number of stations to have only escalator access to the platforms. With a vertical rise of and a length of , Angel station has the longest escalators on the Underground, and the second longest in the United Kingdom (after one at Heathrow Terminal 5). The station was refurbished (as of 2015) and work
Mile End tube station tunnels by the strong crosswinds. In November 2009, part of a plastic barrier broke off from a departing train and struck three commuters. One woman suffered a 5 cm cut in her forehead, and London Underground Ltd faced a fine of up to £20,000 after admitting liability in the case. Mile End is the only station in a tunnel on the network that offers cross-platform interchange between 'tube' (Central line) and 'sub-surface' (District and Hammersmith & City line) trains. The station takes its name from the A11 Mile End Road, which itself is named after a milestone signifying the point