Saturday 10th January 11.20am
I had absolutely no reason to be in this station, but over the Christmas holidays I'd been talking to friends about it and it sounded so interesting I wanted it to be one of the next ones I ticked off my list. I've got a 1958 Tube map on which it is referred to as Arsenal (Highbury Hill) but it actually began life as Gillespie Road and that name is still on the tiling on the walls:
I really like the front of the station too, with the huge roundel:
They should do that more often, and I think one of the modern or refurbished stations has got something similar on the glass front but I cant remember which one it is now.
It's got a long ramp down to the platforms rather than stairs, and because it's busiest when there's football on, when the majority of people will go the same way at the same time, the corridor is divided with metal railings that almost look like a cage to separate football supporters from other travellers. What a really interesting station.
Wikipedia entry here.
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