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| File:Euston Square stn south entrance.JPG Entrance on Gower Street | |
| Location | Euston Road |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Camden |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2007 | 9.959 million[1] |
| 2008 | 10.58 million[2] |
| 1863 | Opened |
| Lists of stations | *DLR |
| Template:Portal-inlineCoordinates: 51°31′33″N 0°08′09″W / 51.5258°N 0.1358°W | |
Euston Square is a London Underground station at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London (not to be confused with the nearby tube station on the Northern and Victoria Lines). The station, which is within walking distance of Euston railway station, is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, between Great Portland Street and King's Cross St. Pancras. It is in Zone 1 of the underground.
The station opened in 1863 as "Gower Street", changing to its present name in 1909. In late 2006 the new entrance on the south side of Euston Road opened in a corner of the new headquarters of the Wellcome Trust replacing the old entrance. There is also a subway entrance on the north side of Euston Road.
In December 2005 Network Rail announced plans [3] to create a subway link between the station and Euston station as part of the re-development of Euston station. This will create a direct link for users of heavy rail services which terminate at Euston.
Both Warren Street and Euston tube stations are within close walking distance.
History[]
The station was opened as Gower Street on 10 January 1863 by the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world's first underground railway.[4] The line runs east–west under Euston Road at this point. The station originally had entrances in single-storey pavilions with stone-effect stucco render on each side of Euston Road with stairs to the platforms.[5]
The MR was constructed using the cut-and-cover method with the tunnel and station platforms directly under the road. The walls to the rear of the platforms were originally lined in buttressed brickwork supporting a brick arch Category:Aldwych Branch The Short Streach Of Line Between Holborn And Aldwych Was Closed In 1994.The Line Was Due To be extended to Waterloo but never was.There will be a bit of Aldwych In My Website when added wide and Category:Aldwych Branch The Short Streach Of Line Between Holborn And Aldwych Was Closed In 1994.The Line Was Due To be extended to Waterloo but never was.There will be a bit of Aldwych In My Website when added high composed of between six and twelve layers of brickwork. Ventilation shafts lined with glazed white tiling were spaced along the platforms to let in light from openings in the front gardens of the houses at street level.[6][7][8]
In 1864, Parliament authorised the North Western and Charing Cross Railway to construct a line to connect the mainline stations at Euston and Charing Cross. This would have connected to the MR to the west of Gower Street, but the company was unable to raise funds.[9] A revised scheme under the name of the London Central Railway (LCR) was approved in 1871. The proposals included an interchange at Gower Street with the LCR's platforms north of and parallel to the MR's.[10] LCR branches would have connected from east of Gower Street to Euston and St Pancras stations. As before, the LCR was unable to raise funding and the scheme was abandoned in 1874.[11]
In 1890, the MR obtained parliamentary permission to construct a pedestrian subway under Euston Road from the station to the mainline station. This was never constructed.[12][13]
In 1906, the original timber platforms were reconstructed in concrete as a fire precaution related to the electrification of the MR.[14] The station was given its present name on 1 November 1909.[4]
Between 1929 and 1931, the station buildings were reconstructed to a design by the MR's architect C. W. Clark.[15] A bridge was constructed above the tracks so that a single ticket office could be provided in place of the separate ones for each platform.[16] At the same time the station platforms were lengthened requiring the closure of Euston Road to enable the roadway and tunnels to be excavated as quickly as possible.[17] The brick arch of the tunnel roof and the side walls were removed and replaced with a flat roof on steel beams supported by concrete walls to the rear of the new platforms.[15]
During World War II, much of the southern side of Euston Road between Gower Street and Gordon Street was destroyed by bombing. When the site was reconstructed post-war the southern entrance was reconstructed again to incorporate it into the corner of the new building that occupied the site. The north entrance remained. In the 1960s, in conjunction with the construction of an underpass at the junction of Euston Road and Tottenham Court Road, Euston Road was widened. At this time, the north entrance building was demolished and converted to a simple subway entrance.
In the 21st century, the buildings on the south side of Euston Road were again redeveloped and the station entrance was again reconstructed. Since late 2006, the south entrance is incorporated into the corner of the headquarters of the Wellcome Trust with the entrance in Gower Street. A linking pedestrian subway connects under Euston Road from the north side. Since 2011, two lifts provide access between the main entrance and the westbound platform.[18]
Future[]
In December 2005, Network Rail announced plans[19] to create a subway link between the station and Euston station as part of the re-development of Euston station. This will create a direct link for users of main line rail services which depart from Euston. These plans would also be pursued during a rebuilding for High Speed 2.[20]
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
- ↑ Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
- ↑ alwaystouchout.com - Euston redevelopment
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rose 1999.
- ↑ Jackson 1986, pp. 24-25.
- ↑ Badsey-Ellis 2016, p. 20.
- ↑ "Metropolitan Subterranean Railway" (8 August 1862). The Building News 9: 110–111.
- ↑ Routledge 1900, pp. 114-115.
- ↑ Badsey-Ellis 2005, p. 10.
- ↑ Badsey-Ellis 2005, p. 11.
- ↑ Badsey-Ellis 2005, p. 13.
- ↑ Jackson 1986, p. 197.
- ↑ Template:London Gazette
- ↑ Jackson 1986, pp. 188-189.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Croome 2003, p. 45.
- ↑ Jackson 1986, p. 274.
- ↑ Template:Cite news
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedstep free - ↑ Euston redevelopment. Always Touch Out (25 January 2006).
- ↑ High speed rail. Transport Select Committee. House of Commons (28 June 2011).
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Transport links[]
London bus routes 10, 14, 18, 24, 27, 29, 30, 73, 88, 134, 205, 390 and night route N5, N18, N20, N29, N73 and N279.
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