Holborn tube station

Holborn
Holborn Location of Holborn in Central London
Location	Kingsway
Local authority	Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	31.51 million
2013	34.02 million
2014	36.32 million
2015	40.53 million
Key dates
1906	Opened (GNP&BR)
1907	Opened (Aldwych branch)
1933	Opened (Central line)
1994	Closed (Aldwych branch)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°31′03″N 0°07′12″W / 51.5174°N 0.1201°W / 51.5174; -0.1201Coordinates: 51°31′03″N 0°07′12″W / 51.5174°N 0.1201°W / 51.5174; -0.1201

Holborn (/ˈhoʊbərn/ HOH-bə(r)n) is a London Underground station in Holborn, central London. It is served by the Central and Piccadilly lines. On the Central line the station is between Tottenham Court Road and Chancery Lane stations; on the Piccadilly line it is between Covent Garden and Russell Square. The station is located at the junction of High Holborn and Kingsway and is in Travelcard Zone 1. Close by are the British Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury Square and Sir John Soane's Museum.

Located at the junction of two earlier tube railway schemes, the station was opened in 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR). The station entrances and below ground circulation were largely reconstructed for the introduction of escalators and the opening of Central line platforms in 1933, making the station the only interchange between the lines. Before 1994, Holborn was the northern terminus of the short and little-frequented Piccadilly line branch to Aldwych and two platforms originally used for this service are disused. One of the disused platforms has been used for location filming when a London Underground station platform is needed.