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
London Underground London Underground passed back to central government with the creation of London Regional Transport (LRT), which reported directly to the Secretary of State for Transport, still retaining the London Transport brand. One person operation had been planned in 1968, but conflict with the trade unions delayed introduction until the 1980s. On 18 November 1987, fire broke out in an escalator at King's Cross St. Pancras tube station. The resulting fire cost the lives of 31 people and injured a further 100. London Underground were strongly criticised in the aftermath for their attitude to fires underground, and publication of the report