Holland Park is a

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station, on Holland Park Avenue. It is served by the Central line, lying between Shepherd's Bush and

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stations, in

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History

The original building was typical of those designed by

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for the stations of the

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that opened on 30 July 1900. It was given a flat roof in the hope that commercial development would take place on top, as at Queensway station, but so far this has not happened. The building was refurbished in the 1990s. On 28 July 1958 one passenger died as a result of a fire on a Central line train at Holland Park. There was an incident in August 2013 in which smoke started to fill the station after a train's brakes malfunctioned.

The station today

The tube station is named after Holland Park, a park in west

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, although the term also refers to the residential area to the north of the park. The station was closed for lift replacement works and refurbishment from 2 January 2016 until it reopened in August of the same year.Holland Park Refurbishment
/ref> This station was the last of the deep level underground stations to retain the original 1950s signage until the refurbishment.

Connections

London Buses routes 31, 94, 148,

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and N207 serve the station.

Gallery

image:Holland Park stn eastbound look west.JPG, Eastbound platform looking west image:Holland Park stn westbound look east.JPG, Westbound platform looking east image:Holland Park stn roundel.JPG, Platform roundel

References

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
** ** ** {{Central line navbox Central line (London Underground) stations London Underground Night Tube stations Tube stations in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea London Underground stations located underground Former Central London Railway stations Holland Park Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1900