Arsenal tube station

Arsenal
Arsenal
	Station entrance
	Arsenal Location of Arsenal in Greater London
Location	Highbury
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2017	2.82 million
2018	3.24 million
2019	2.77 million
2020	1.00 million
2021	1.21 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Key dates
1906	Opened as Gillespie Road
1932	Renamed Arsenal (Highbury Hill)
c. 1960	Renamed Arsenal
Other information
External links	TfL station info page;
WGS84	51°33′31″N 0°06′21″W / 51.55861°N 0.10583°WCoordinates: 51°33′31″N 0°06′21″W / 51.55861°N 0.10583°W

Arsenal tube station is a London Underground station in Highbury, north London. The station is on the Piccadilly line. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. It is between Holloway Road and Finsbury Park tube stations. The station was originally known as Gillespie Road. In 1932, it was renamed after Arsenal Football Club. It is the only Tube station named directly after a football club.^[6]

History[change | change source]

Gillespie Road station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) on 15 December 1906.^[6] When the different London Underground companies were joined together, the GNP&BR became the Piccadilly line. The original station building and ticket hall were designed by Leslie Green. The buildings had red terracotta on the outside. The station is similar to Holloway Road and Caledonian Road stations, also on the Piccadilly line. The station was renamed to Arsenal in 1932.

↑ "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Croome, Desmond F. (1998). The Piccadilly Line. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-192-9.