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Map of underground railway loop line proposed by London North Western Railway beneath Euston station in 1906. The line would have been constructed beneath the main line terminus for new electric trains from the Watford mainline and would have included a single platform station. Date: 1907: Source: London and North Western Railway Act 1907: Author
English: Map of the major railway stations of London. The thirteen terminal stations of London that are considered National Hubs ( Category A ).: Blackfriars, Cannon St, Charing Cross, Euston, Fenchurch St, King's Cross, Liverpool St, London Bridge, Marylebone, Paddington, St Pancras, Victoria, Waterloo.
Euston Square is a London Underground station at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London – its main (south) entrance faces the tower of University College Hospital. The multi-interchange Euston station is beyond Euston Square Gardens, which is one street east.
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Euston station became London’s first inter-city railway station when it opened on 20 July 1837 on land adjacent to the north side of Euston Square. [3] The London and Birmingham Railway company was denied the legal right to press further into the city and the line halted at the edge of the Southampton Estate, two blocks north of Euston Square.
Euston railway station (/ ˈ j uː s t ən / YOO-stən; or London Euston) is a major central London railway terminus managed by Network Rail in the London Borough of Camden. It is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line , the UK's busiest inter-city railway.
The station was part of the original Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, running from Charing Cross to Camden Town. Work started on the station in 1902, designed by Leslie Green. [14] [15] It was opened along with the rest of the line on 22 June 1907 by the President of the Board of Trade, David Lloyd George, under the name "Euston Road".
An underground station to serve Euston station was first proposed by the Hampstead, St Pancras & Charing Cross Railway in 1891. [7] [n 1] The company planned a route to run from Heath Street in Hampstead to Strand in Charing Cross with a branch diverging from the main route to run under Drummond Street to serve Euston, St Pancras and King's Cross stations. [9]