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Holloway Road tube station

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football club. As part of the planning permission £5m was due to be spent expanding the current station to cope with increased passenger numbers on match days. However subsequent studies showed that to ensure the station could cope with the numbers the lifts would have to be replaced with escalators
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Refurbishment works completed in 2008 included the installation of a new public address system, replacement of aging customer information screens, and other aesthetic changes to improve the look, feel and security of the station. This includes improved lighting and a dramatic increase in the number
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In May 2023, works to replace the two 1980s lifts started with the work due to take until September 2024, replacing one lift at a time. During Emirates Stadium events the station was closed to prevent overcrowding.
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which would cost £60m. As a result, the redevelopment plans were put on hold and now at match times the station is exit only, and before a match eastbound trains do not call.
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and was built with two lift shafts, but only one was ever used for lifts. The second shaft was the site of an experimental spiral
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The Art Nouveau styled ironwork designed by Leslie Green at Holloway Road station
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Former Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway stations
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Islington
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which was built by the American inventor of escalators,
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Eastbound platform looking south towards central London
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London Underground

Holloway Road is located in Greater London
Holloway
Islington
London Underground
2
Listed
TfL station info page
Coordinates
51°33′11″N 0°06′43″W / 51.55306°N 0.11194°W / 51.55306; -0.11194
London transport portal
London Underground
Piccadilly line
Caledonian Road
Arsenal
Travelcard Zone 2
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
escalator
Jesse W. Reno
London Transport Museum Depot
Acton
Holloway and Caledonian Road railway station
Emirates Stadium
Arsenal
Leslie Green
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style)
English Heritage
London Buses

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