Plaque

Moorgate tube disaster - Moorgate

Erection date: 28/2/2014

Inscription

In memory of the forty three people who died as a result of the tragic accident at Moorgate Underground Station on the 28th February 1975.

Our page for the monument in nearby Finsbury Square lists the 43 people.

Site: Moorgate tube disaster - Moorgate (1 memorial)

EC2, Moor Place, Moorgate tube station

This plaque was the template for a series of four TfL plaques - see Balham for more information.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Moorgate tube disaster - Moorgate

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Moorgate tube disaster

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Moorgate tube disaster - Moorgate

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Transport for London / London Transport

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