Arsenal tube station

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
2012	3.02 million
2013	3.09 million
2014	2.90 million
2015	2.80 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
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°33′31″N 0°06′21″W / 51.5586°N 0.1058°W / 51.5586; -0.1058Coordinates: 51°33′31″N 0°06′21″W / 51.5586°N 0.1058°W / 51.5586; -0.1058

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. Originally known as Gillespie Road, it was renamed in 1932 after Arsenal Football Club, who at the time played at the nearby Arsenal Stadium. It is the only tube station named directly after a football club in the United Kingdom. Although Arsenal's Highbury Stadium closed in 2006, the station retains its name and is still used by spectators attending matches at Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium, but it is otherwise quieter than other stations on the same stretch of line.

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

Arsenal tube station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) as Gillespie Road on 15 December 1906. 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.