Some tube stations blend seamlessly into their surroundings. Manor House is one of those stations. This unassuming single story bulding supplements a number of subway exits at the intersection of Green Lanes and Seven Sisters Road. It doesn’t shout about it’s existence like many stations but still acts as that familiar London Underground calling card.
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Originally another Leslie Green fronted station, Gillespie Road was upgraded in the 1930s when The Gunners moved to town.
The only station to be named after a football team, Arsenal is now a hybrid of Holdenesque Art Deco on the outside and classic Leslie Green at platform level.
Despite it’s significance, it’s a fairly modest affair and now shares the matchday workload with nearby Holloway Road (004). Look out for the fan segregation barrier that runs the length of the station passageways.
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In 1903, architect Leslie Green was tasked with designing 50 stations for the then freshly unified Underground Electric Railways of London company.
Let’s go ahead and acknowledge his iconic red terracotta tiled stations with their instantly recognisable arched window frames early on at Holloway Road.
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So here we are on my first purposeful day out to collect stations. Although I’ve already visited the inevitable home and work stops the rest of the collection has to start somewhere and it’s starting at Caledonian Road.
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Remember, a visit counts as a gateline crossed. And here at Oxford Circus, it just has to be Gate 80.
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