Euston Underground Station Disused Tunnels.

Tunnel leading to the old Northern Line (Bank Branch) Lifts, last used 1967 by public.

The photograph below shows what looks like another derelict and disused underground station but it is in fact the old surface building for Euston station, now relocated 100 yards away inside Euston mainline station when the escalators were built.

Hotels near Euston Station list:

Grange Fitzrovia - Euston Station hotel
Bonnington Hotel London - Euston Station hotel
CHARLOTTE STREET HOTEL - Euston Station hotel
Arriva Hotel - Euston Station hotel
The Clarendon - Euston Station hotel
The Lancaster - Euston Station hotel
The Buckingham - Euston Station hotel
The Portland - Euston Station hotel
GRANGE BLOOMSBURY TOWNHOUSE - Euston Station hotel
FOUR SEASONS LONDON - Euston Station hotel
Astor Court - Euston Station hotel
Radisson Edwardian Marlborough Hotel - Euston Station hotel
Berners Hotel - Euston Station hotel
GRANGE HOLBORN - Euston Station hotel
Grange Langham Court - Euston Station hotel
Sanderson - Euston Station hotel
Hallam Hotel - Euston Station hotel
JURYS GT RUSSELL STREET - Euston Station hotel
COUNTRY INN SUITES BLOOMSBURY - Euston Station hotel
Thistle Bloomsbury - Euston Station hotel
Langham Hotel London - Euston Station hotel
Citadines Apart'hotel Holborn-Covent Garden - Euston Station hotel
Hazlitts Hotel - Euston Station hotel
Saint Georges Hotel - Euston Station hotel
TRAVELODGE HIGH HOLBURN - Euston Station hotel

British National Rail - Euston Station VIDEO

Somers Town and Euston Square ( Euston station )

Sample Quote:

In this street is the principal entrance to the London and North-Western Railway Terminus. The station itself occupies a surface of about twelve acres, in which the operations necessary for the dispatch and reception of nearly one hundred trains per day are carried on with so little noise, confusion, or semblance of bustle, that it would almost seem that these complicated arrangements acted of their own accord. The entrance to the station is through a gateway beneath a lofty and apparently meaningless Doric temple—for it seems placed without reference to the court-yard it leads to—in the centre line of Euston Square. This arch, which cost, it is said, £30,000, and stands where, judging by the analogy of other railway termini, we should have expected to see a modern hotel, was erected from a design by Mr. Hardwick; and although handsome in itself, and possibly one of the largest porticoes in the world, it nevertheless falls far short in grandeur to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Some of the blocks of stone used in its construction weighed thirteen tons. Facing this entrance is a large, massive, plain range of buildings containing the offices, waiting-rooms, and board and meeting-rooms of the company.

"As Melrose should be seen by the fair moonlight," writes Mr. Samuel Sidney, in his "Rides on Railways," in 1851, "so Euston, to be viewed to advantage, should be visited by the grey light of a summer or spring morning, about a quarter to six o'clock, three-quarters of an hour before the starting of the parliamentary train, which every railway, under a wise legislative enactment, is compelled to run 'once a day from each extremity, with covered carriages, stopping at every station, travelling at a rate of not less than fifteen miles an hour, at a charge of one penny per mile.' We say wise, because the competition of the railway for goods, as well as passengers, drove off the road not only all the coaches, on which, when light-loaded, footsore travellers got an occasional lift, but all the variety of vans and broad-wheeled wagons which afforded a slow but cheap conveyance between our principal towns. At the hour mentioned, the railway passenger-yard is vacant, silent, and as spotlessly clean as a Dutchman's kitchen; nothing is to be seen but a tall soldier-like policeman in green, on watch under the wooden shed, and a few sparrows industriously yet vainly trying to get a breakfast from between the closely-packed pavingstones. How different from the fat debauchedlooking sparrows who throve upon the dirt and waste of the old coach-yards! It is so still, so open; the tall columns of the portico entrance look down on you so grimly; the fronts of the booking-offices, in their garment of clean stucco, look so primly respectable that you cannot help feeling ashamed of yourself—feeling as uncomfortable as when you have called too early on an economically genteel couple, and been shown into a handsome drawing-room, on a frosty day, without a fire. You cannot think of entering into a gossip with the railway guardian, for you remember that 'sentinels on duty are not allowed to talk'—except to nursery-maids."

For more infromation visit http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45241&strquery=%22euston%20grove%22

The New Euston Station 1968 history

Sample Quote:
"This publication marks a unique occasion in the history of transport in this country - the complete reconstruction of the first main line railway terminal to be built in London.

The new station has been planned with the comfort and convenience of the travelling public as its primary objective consistent with modern design and will, I am sure, prove a worthy terminal to the great electrification and modernisation scheme which has revolutionized travel between London, the Midlands and the North West.

The brochure is in three chapters. The first gives the history of Euston and covers also the evolution of the London and Birmingham Railway until, by take-overs and amalgamations the London and North Western Railway emerged. The illustrations in this section include photographs of some of the valuable drawings by J. C. Bourne which hung in the entrance to the Euston Boardroom of the London and North Western Railway and later the London Midland and Scottish Railway, for many years.

The second chapter describes the building of the new Euston Station and is illustrated by photographs showing stages in the progress of the work.

The third and last chapter tells exactly what Euston can now provide in the way of services and amenities for the traveller. We hope that our passengers will make full use of these facilities."

pdf file in railways archive site

History of Euston Station

Although the present station building is modern, Euston was the first railway station to be built in London. The original station was built in the 1830s when the London and Birmingham Railway was constructed. It originally had only two platforms, one for departures and one for arrivals. The station grew rapidly over following years as traffic increased.

In the 1960s it was decided that the old building was no longer adequate. Amid public outcry, the old station building was demolished and replaced by a modern building. The present station has twenty platforms. Following privatisation of the railways in the 1990s, the running of the train services were taken over by private companies on a franchise. The train services into Euston are run by Virgin Trains and Silverlink.

Two Portland stone entrance lodges and the war memorial still survive from the old station. They are situated on Euston Road. The station serves over 51 million people each year.
Three office blocks were built in the forecourt in 1969-1979 designed by Richard Seiffert. Euston Station has a less lofty roof than any of the other London terminals of the great railway line, but it is the oldest of them all. Some seventy trains go in and out of Euston Station daily; and in the signal box there are over three hundred levers; but there is plenty of platform space.

The station presents a remarkably crowded appearance in August during the two or three days prior to the beginning of the shooting season in Scotland. The closest underground station is Euston.

For more infromation visit www.networkrailstations.co.uk.

Euston station, 1993 - 2007

A video of arrivals and departures at London Euston railway station in March 1993.


Euston station 21st May 2007

About the Euson Station

Location:
The station complex is considered to be in a rectangle bounded by Euston Road (south), Eversholt Street (east) and Melton Street (west). Euston Road runs approximately East-West, whilst Eversholt Street and Melton Street run North from Euston Road. As you go north along Melton Street, you cross Euston Street, then Drummond Street, each of which is opposite entrances/exits to the station.

Euston bus station is on the north side of Euston Road, separated from the station by a plaza area. The plaza is a wide area full of steps, benches, statues, gardens, play equipment and two kiosks, Starbucks and West Cornwall Pasty Co. There are steps down to the bus station on the south side....more

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The platform entrances, leaving the north side of this corridor, each serve several platforms as follows, listed from right to left as you face them:

* Platforms 1 - 3, from near the east end of the corridor;
* Platforms 4 - 7, opposite the east edge of the concourse;
* Platforms 8 - 11, opposite the middle of the concourse;
* Platforms 12 - 15, opposite the west edge of the concourse;
* Platforms 16 - 18, from the west end of the corridor.
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Euston Square Underground Station

Euston station

Euston Station, also known as the London Euston is one of the main railway station north of central London in the London district of Camden. This is one of the 17 British railway stations managed by Network Rail, and the southern terminus of the West Coast main line. Euston railway is the main gateway from London in the West Midlands, the north-west and southern Scotland. This is due to Euston tube station near Euston Square tube station London Underground. These stations are located in the zone Travelcard 1. Euston station is a short walk from London St Pancras which will be home Eurostar services in November 2007. Connections But through London Buses and subways (11 minutes and 1 minute respectively)
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