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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 .
View history; General ... that Arsenal is the only Underground station to be named after a London football club (it was previously known as Gillespie Road)? Watford ...
The following stations were once planned by the London Underground or one of the early independent underground railway companies and were granted parliamentary approval. Subsequent changes of plans or shortages of funds led to these stations being cancelled before they opened, and, in most cases, before any construction work was carried out.
View towards Arsenal tube station, Gillespie Road, N5. Gillespie Road is a road in Highbury, North London, that runs east–west along the north side of Arsenal Stadium. Arsenal Underground station was originally named Gillespie Road, before being given its current name in 1932 following pressure from the club and its then manager Herbert ...
5 November 1932 - Gillespie Road station on the London Underground - the station local to Arsenal Stadium - is renamed to Arsenal (Highbury Hill), on the suggestion of Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman. [2] By 1960, the station would become Arsenal tube station. It is the only Tube station named directly after a football club. [nb 1]
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The Emirates Stadium is served by a number of London Underground stations and bus routes. Arsenal station is the closest for the northern portion of the stadium accessed via the Ken Friar bridge, with Highbury & Islington station servicing the southern end. [148]