Angel tube station Angel tube station Angel is a London Underground station in the Angel area of the London Borough of Islington. It is on the Bank branch 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 1992 to accommodate the large number of passengers using the station. As a result it has an
Bow Road tube station Hammersmith & City line (then the Metropolitan line) following in 1936. The Great Eastern Railway Bow Road railway station, which closed in 1949, stood on the opposite of Bow Road. Ownership of the station passed to London Underground in 1950. The station booking hall is a Grade II listed building. Bow Road marks the point where westbound trains from Upminster and Barking enter a tunnel; the gradient of the tunnel approach, which is to the east of the station, is 1 in 28, the steepest on the tube network. The station platforms are below street level, partly in a tunnel