Arsenal tube station

For the Paris Métro ghost station called Arsenal, see Arsenal (Paris Métro). For all other uses, see Arsenal (disambiguation).

Arsenal Station London Underground
Station entrance
Arsenal Station is located in Greater London
Arsenal Station
Arsenal Station
Location of Arsenal Station in Greater London
LocationHighbury
Local authorityLondon Borough of Islington
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 2.77 million[1]
2020Decrease 1.00 million[2]
2021Increase 1.21 million[3]
2022Increase 2.12 million[4]
2023Increase 2.20 million[5]
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Key dates
15 December 1906Opened as Gillespie Road
31 October 1932Renamed Arsenal (Highbury Hill)
c. 1960Renamed Arsenal
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°33′31″N 0°06′21″W / 51.55861°N 0.10583°W / 51.55861; -0.10583
London transport portal

Arsenal is a London Underground station located in Highbury, London. It is on the Piccadilly line, between Holloway Road and Finsbury Park stations, in Travelcard Zone 2.[6] Originally known as Gillespie Road, it was renamed in 1932 after Arsenal Football Club, who at the time played at the nearby Highbury Stadium. It is the only tube station named directly after a football club.[a] Although Highbury Stadium closed in 2006, the station retains its name and is still used by spectators attending matches at Arsenal's nearby Emirates Stadium.

Location

The station is located on a narrow Victorian residential street, away from any main roads.[7] It is also unusual in not having any bus routes pass its entrance, though routes 4, 19, 106 and 236 serve nearby Blackstock Road.[8]

History

Tiling on the platform indicates the station's previous guise as "Gillespie Road".

Arsenal tube station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) as Gillespie Road on 15 December 1906.[9][10] The GNP&BR was later renamed the Piccadilly line after the consolidation and nationalisation of the Tube network as London Underground. The original station building and ticket hall were red terracotta-clad buildings designed by Leslie Green, similar to neighbouring stations such as Holloway Road and Caledonian Road.

At the time of Gillespie Road's construction, it served a residential area and a local divinity college.[citation needed] In 1913, Arsenal F.C. moved from Woolwich to Highbury on the site of the college's playing fields, and the club's presence there eventually led to a campaign for a change of name. Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman was a particularly keen advocate, and on 31 October 1932 it was renamed Arsenal (Highbury Hill).[11] The station was expanded in the 1930s, when the original station building was demolished and replaced by a wider building of a more modern design.

The suffix was dropped from the station's name some time around 1960, giving the current name of Arsenal.[b] The original tiled walls of the platforms still bear the Gillespie Road name, spelt out in large letters.[16] In 2007, the station underwent a major upgrade;[17] as part of this the wall tiling was completely restored, the floor resurfaced and an electronic Tannoy system was introduced.[18]

Station layout

Passageway linking the ticket office to the platforms, looking towards the latter. Note tidal flow segregation, in operation on football match days. The fans would use the wider section.

When it was first built, the station building was squeezed between residential properties on each side, occupying the width of just two terraced houses. Even after the surface building was rebuilt and widened in the early 1930s, with a further house being demolished, it has one of the narrowest frontages of any Underground station.

Unusually for a "deep level" tube station, Arsenal possesses neither escalators nor lifts. Instead, a sloping passageway leads down to the platforms. This is due to the tunnels being both relatively shallow at this point and situated some distance from the station entrance (being underneath the East Coast Main Line). There are short flights of stairs at both ends of the passageway, so the station is not wheelchair accessible. When the station was rebuilt in the early 1930s, an extra tunnel was dug to platform level from the main access passage in anticipation of increased traffic. This is now used to handle the large crowds on match days. The station has a "tidal" system unique on the Underground network, with a narrow section on one side divided from the main passageway by a full-height fence. The narrow section is used on match days for the lighter flow, according to time of day—for passengers catching trains before matches, or leaving the station afterwards.

Usage

Map of Arsenal's old and new stadiums in relation to Arsenal tube station

The station is considerably less busy than other stations on the same stretch of line. In 2007 only 2,735,000 entries and exits were recorded, compared with Holloway Road's 7,487,000 and Caledonian Road's 5,333,000.[19]

In 2006 Arsenal F.C. moved to a new stadium, the Emirates Stadium. The stadium is on the site of Ashburton Grove, a former industrial estate approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) west of Highbury, and marginally closer to Drayton Park (on the Northern City Line) and Holloway Road stations.[c] However, Drayton Park is closed on match days due to its small platform size and infrequent service (before 2015 it had no weekend service at all), and trains do not stop at Holloway Road before and after matches to prevent overcrowding. Arsenal station meanwhile is still within easy walking distance of the new stadium's main entrance and is recommended by the club for use on match days.[20] The station thus still retains the "Arsenal" name and, along with Finsbury Park and Highbury & Islington, is still used by many Arsenal supporters to get to matches.

As part of the commemoration of Arsenal F.C.'s move, a temporary mural was placed along the walls of the station passageways as part of London Underground's Art on the Underground scheme.[21] It was unveiled in February 2006 and removed in September.

Services and connections

Piccadilly line train at Arsenal

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 2–6 minutes between 06:22 and 00:19 in both directions.[22][23]

No bus routes directly serve the station. However, London Bus routes 4, 19, 29, 91, 106, 153, 236, 253, 254 and 259 and night routes N19, N29, N91, N253 and N279 are all nearby.[24][25]

Notes

  1. ^ Several tube stations, including West Ham and Wimbledon, share their names with football clubs, but only Arsenal was named directly after a club rather than the associated area.
  2. ^ An early 1960 edition[12] of the Tube map shows the "Highbury Hill" suffix but one from later in 1960[13] shows it without. No subsequent maps include the suffix.[14][15]
  3. ^ This is as measured from the pitch itself; measured from the main entrance to the stadium complex in the northeast corner, Arsenal remains the closest station.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ Google Maps – Arsenal Tube Station
  8. ^ "Buses from Arsenal / Emirates Stadium" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 September 2007.
  9. ^ "London Underground history 1900-1909". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
  10. ^ Feather, Clive. "Piccadilly line". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Arsenal Underground Station Renamed Earlier Than Believed". TheArsenalHistory.com. 31 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Early 1960 tube map". Archived from the original on 4 December 2002.
  13. ^ "Late 1960 tube map" (JPG). Archived from the original on 6 November 2004.
  14. ^ "The London Tube Map Archive". Archived from the original on 11 August 2007.
  15. ^ "A History of the London Tube Maps". Archived from the original on 15 August 2007.
  16. ^ "Tube Stations with other/alternative names". Tube Facts and Figures. Geofftech. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  17. ^ "Station Refurbishment Summary" (PDF). London Underground Railway Society. July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  18. ^ "Modernisation of Arsenal station continues". Transport for London. 21 February 2007. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012.
  19. ^ "London Underground: Entries and exits". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.
  20. ^ "Get to... Emirates Stadium". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015.
  21. ^ "Platform for Art: Arsenal Football Club's last season at Highbury". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  22. ^ "Piccadilly line timetable: From Arsenal Underground Station to Finsbury Park Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  23. ^ "Piccadilly line timetable: From Arsenal Underground Station to Holloway Road Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  24. ^ "Buses from Arsenal (Emirates Stadium)" (PDF). Transport for London. July 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  25. ^ "Night buses from Arsenal (Emirates Stadium)" (PDF). Transport for London. July 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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