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
Barbican tube station service in trains per hour (tph) is: Off-peak services to/from Watford terminate at Baker Street The typical peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is: London Buses routes 4, 56 and 153 serve the station. When Crossrail is completed, 's eastern ticket hall will be just to the west of Barbican station, and an interchange is being built here. This has involved significant changes at the western end of the station, including the demolition of the former signal box and the provision of a new footbridge spanning the tracks. Work is anticipated to be completed in 2018. Barbican tube