Marylebone station or London Marylebone station is a National Rail and London Underground station in central London. The station is located midway between the mainline stations at Euston and Paddington, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from each. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ... For more coverage on London, see the London Portal. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London and in the London Borough of Camden. ... The central (and longest) span of Paddington Station Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

National Rail

Marylebone

Management
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Location
Place	Marylebone
Local authority	Westminster
Statistics
Annual entry/exit	6.354 million
Zone	1
Platforms in use	4
History
Key dates	Opened 1899
Transport for London

The mainline station has only four platforms (although this is due to be increased to six) making it one of the smallest of the railway terminals in London, and apart from Waterloo International it is the newest. Download high resolution version (1280x884, 270 KB)Marylebone station, London Date: 28th June 2004 16:34 Camera: Canon Digital IXUS II Exposure: 1/200 sec. ... A Chiltern Railways Clubman at Kidderminster station. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Transport for London (TfL) is a government body responsible for the transport system in the City of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... A 1948 poster showing the main concourse. ...

Train services into the station are run by Chiltern Railways which serves routes to Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Bicester, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon, Birmingham (Snow Hill), and Kidderminster A Chiltern Railways Clubman at Kidderminster station. ... St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (46. ... Map sources for Bicester at grid reference SP5822 Bicester (pronounced bister) is a town in the Cherwell district of north-eastern Oxfordshire in England, with a population of 28,672 (2001 census). ... The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury is built alongside the Oxford Canal Map sources for Banbury at grid reference SP4540 Banbury is a market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. ... The Royal Pump Rooms and Baths Leamington Spa, (Properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly called just Leamington) (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, in England. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... The station entrance Birmingham Snow Hill station is a railway station located in the centre of Birmingham, England. ... Map sources for Kidderminster at grid reference SO825765 Kidderminster is a town in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. ...

History

Great Central

The station was opened in 1899 and was the terminus of the Great Central Railway's new London extension main line, which was the last major railway line to be built into London, prior to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Central Railway (GCR) was the latter day name of a railway company of the United Kingdom which earlier was known as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR). ... A Eurostar train on the CTRL, near Ashford Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal behind the barrel-vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ...

Originally Marylebone station was planned as a ten-platform station, but the cost of building the GCR was far higher than expected and nearly bankrupted the company. This forced the original plans for the station to be dramatically scaled back to just four platforms.

The Great Central Railway linked London to Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Rugby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester. Also, a number of local services from northwest London, Aylesbury and High Wycombe terminated at Marylebone. St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (46. ... Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in central England on the River Avon. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the clock tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands. ... Nottingham is a city (the county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ...

Passenger traffic on the GCR was never heavy, due largely to its being the last main line to be built, which meant it had difficulty competing against its well-established rivals for the lucrative intercity passenger business.

Beeching cuts

Marylebone had a fairly quiet and uneventful existence until 1966, when the Great Central Railway was closed north of Aylesbury as part of the Beeching axe. The GCR's closure was the single largest railway closure of the Beeching era. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable...

This meant that Marylebone was now the terminus for local services to Aylesbury and High Wycombe only. After the 1960s, lack of investment meant that the local services and the station itself became increasingly run down. In the early 1980s there was a proposal to close Marylebone, divert its services into nearby Paddington station, and convert Marylebone into a coach station. But these plans were deemed impractical and dropped. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

Recent history

A major turn around in the station's fortunes occurred in the late 1980s, when British Rail decided to divert many services from overcrowded Paddington station into Marylebone. The station was given a multi-million pound facelift financed by selling off the redundant adjacent goods yard and some land previously used by two of the existing platforms. These two platforms were replaced by removing the existing taxi road and using that land for two replacement platforms. The aging fleet of trains on the local services was replaced by a fleet of state-of-the-art trains. Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

In the 1990s, upon rail privatisation, the station was given an even bigger boost when Chiltern Railways took over the rail services. Chiltern trains made the station the terminus for a new intercity service to Birmingham's Snow Hill station. To cope with Chiltern Railways' success over the last ten years and to cope with increased passenger numbers, two new platforms are currently under construction at Marylebone and should be completed by December 2006. Additionally, a new depot has recently opened near Wembley Stadium railway station to compensate for the closure of Marylebone's station sidings and to make way for the new platforms. To highlight Chiltern's success, some services from Marylebone have also now been extended beyond Birmingham to Kidderminster. From 2007, all services to and from Birmingham Snow Hill may be operated from Marylebone and Chiltern services could also be extended further past Kidderminster to terminate at Great Malvern. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... A Chiltern Railways Clubman at Kidderminster station. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... The station entrance Birmingham Snow Hill station is a railway station located in the centre of Birmingham, England. ... Wembley Stadium railway station is a National Rail station adjacent to Wembley Stadium in north London. ... Map sources for Kidderminster at grid reference SO825765 Kidderminster is a town in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. ... Great Malvern is a town in Worcestershire, England positioned at the foot of, and partly on the sides of, the Malvern Hills. ...

Trivia

In 1964 several scenes in the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night were filmed at Marylebone station. The station also has a degree of fame because of its presence in the British version of Monopoly. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their groundbreaking role in the history of popular music. ... The film A Hard Days Night (1964) is a mockumentary written by Alun Owen and starring The Beatles during the height of Beatlemania. ... Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. ...

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London Underground

Marylebone

Management
Managed by	London Underground
Location
Place	Marylebone
Local authority	Westminster
Statistics
Annual entry/exit	9.614 million
Zone	1
Platforms in use	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1907
Transport for London

The underground station is on the Bakerloo Line, between Baker Street and Edgware Road stations. Access to the underground station is via a set of escalators from the mainline station concourse, which also houses the underground station's ticket office. For more coverage on London, see the London Portal. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Transport for London (TfL) is a government body responsible for the transport system in the City of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ... Unique tilework in this station, near where the fictional Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker St. ... Edgware Road, Bakerloo Line Edgware Road, Hammersmith and City Line Edgware Road tube station is the name given to two separate tube stations on London Underground. ... Escalators at Westminster tube station, London An escalator is a conveyor transport device to transport people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move up or down on tracks which keep the surfaces of the individual steps horizontal. ...

History

The underground station opened on the 27th March 1907 under the name Great Central, and was renamed Marylebone on the 15th April 1917. However the original name still appears in the platform tiling. March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

The present entrance opened in 1943 following the introduction of the escalators and wartime damage to the original station building that stood to the west, at the junction of Harewood Avenue and Harwood Row. This building, designed by the UERL's architect, Leslie Green, and which had used lifts to access the platforms was eventually demolished in 1971.

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External links

• Train times and station information for Marylebone station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Marylebone station from Multimap.com