Holborn is an interchange station in central London on the London Underground. It is between Tottenham Court Road and Chancery Lane on the Central Line, and between Covent Garden and Russell Square on the Piccadilly Line.
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| A Piccadilly Line train arrives at Holborn |
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| Type: | Transport for London (London Underground Central & Piccadilly Lines) |
| Station code: | ZHO |
| Opened: | 1906 |
| Platforms: | 4 |
The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway in 1906, this later became the Piccadilly Line of the Underground. A branch line to Aldwych opened in 1907 (Holborn being one of the branch's termini), the Aldwych branch line closed in 1994 though the line and the platforms are still extant.
Although their line passed very close by the Central London Railway (later Central Line) did not open platforms at Holborn until 1933 when the nearby station at British Museum closed. The station was modernised in the 1930s with escalators added to the existing lifts and stairs to aid passenger flow between street and platform levels. The station was renamed Holborn (Kingsway) in 1933 though the suffix never caught on and gradually faded out of use.
Work is due to start in the mid-2020s on a number of improvements to the station which frequently suffers from congestion.
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| This way to the Central Line |
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| Preparing to go |
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| View down the platform |
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 133
