Moorgate train station
You can reach 31 stations directly from Moorgate on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Drayton Park, with 217 trains a day.
Moorgate is the nearest station for postcodes in EC2R, EC2Y, EC2V. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Moorgate
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Park | 217 | 118 | 142 |
| Essex Road | 217 | 150 | 142 |
| Finsbury Park | 217 | 150 | 142 |
| Highbury & Islington | 217 | 150 | 142 |
| Old Street | 217 | 150 | 142 |
| Alexandra Palace | 212 | 149 | 142 |
| Harringay | 175 | 149 | 142 |
| Hornsey | 175 | 149 | 142 |
| Enfield Chase | 108 | 76 | 71 |
| Gordon Hill | 108 | 76 | 71 |
| Palmers Green | 108 | 76 | 71 |
| Winchmore Hill | 108 | 76 | 71 |
| Bowes Park | 107 | 76 | 71 |
| Grange Park | 107 | 76 | 71 |
| Cuffley | 105 | 76 | 71 |
| Hertford North | 105 | 76 | 71 |
| Bayford | 101 | 76 | 71 |
| Brookmans Park | 101 | 73 | 69 |
| Crews Hill | 101 | 76 | 71 |
| Hatfield | 101 | 73 | 69 |
| Hadley Wood | 101 | 73 | 71 |
| New Barnet | 101 | 73 | 71 |
| Potters Bar | 101 | 73 | 71 |
| Welwyn Garden City | 101 | 73 | 69 |
| Welham Green | 101 | 73 | 69 |
| New Southgate | 96 | 73 | 71 |
| Oakleigh Park | 96 | 73 | 71 |
| Stevenage | 75 | 74 | 68 |
| Watton-at-Stone | 75 | 74 | 68 |
| Hitchin | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Letchworth Garden City | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Lines serving Moorgate
Moorgate is on the Elizabeth Line and the Northern City Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Moorgate station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Moorgate station in the week beginning 21 September 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Moorgate station is
8,791,382 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 54th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 380,285 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Moorgate and Old Street than any other pair: 1,366,744 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- London Liverpool Street 0.3 miles
- Old Street 0.5 miles
- London Cannon Street 0.5 miles
- City Thameslink 0.7 miles
- Farringdon 0.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Moorgate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bank and Monument stations · 0.4 miles
- Shoreditch · 0.8 miles
- Shoreditch · 0.8 miles
- Leman Street closed 1941 · 1.0 miles
- Blackfriars (SER) · 1.2 miles
- Cannon Street Road closed 1848 · 1.3 miles
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Facilities at Moorgate station
Moorgate is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
From National Rail's station record, last updated 8 October 2025.
Getting to Moorgate station
Moorgate station is in City of London, London, and is run by London Underground.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 7.0 miles north-west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Moorgate Station.
Moorgate is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Moorgate station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from