NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Marlborough Road tube station

Marlborough Road is a disused London Underground station. It was opened in 1868 on the Metropolitan & St. John's Wood Railway, the first northward branch extension from Baker Street of the Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan Line). On some maps of the era, the station name is shortened to Marlboro Road. For more coverage on London, see the London Portal. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Unique tilework in this station, near where the fictional Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker St. ... The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway are inextricably linked. ... The Metropolitan Line is part of the London Underground. ...

How Marlborough Road might have appeared on the London Underground Map today if it remained open

In the mid 1930s the Metropolitan line was suffering congestion at the south end of its main route where trains from its many branches were struggling to share the limited capacity of its tracks between Finchley Road and Baker Street stations. To ease this congestion a new section of deep-level tunnel was constructed between Finchley Road and the Bakerloo line tunnels at Baker Street station. The Metropolitan line's Stanmore branch services were then transferred to the Bakerloo line on 20 November 1939 and diverted to run into Baker Street in the new tunnels, thus reducing the number of trains using the Metropolitan lines tracks. Image File history File links Marlborough_Road_Map_Mockup. ... Image File history File links Marlborough_Road_Map_Mockup. ... Original Tube Map by Beck The Tube map is the commonly-used name for the schematic diagram used to represent the lines and stations of the London Underground. ... // Events and trends A public speech by Benito Mussolini, founder of the Fascist movement The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Finchley Road tube station is a London Underground station at Finchley Road and Canfield Gardens, just south of the O2 Shopping Centre. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ... Stanmore tube station is a London Underground station at Stanmore. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Metropolitan Line stations between Finchley Road and Baker Street were closed and a new St. John's Wood station was opened nearby on the Bakerloo line. St Johns Wood tube station is a London Underground station at St Johns Wood. ...

Even before the closure it had been a little-used station apart from some peak days during cricket season due to its proximity to Lord's tube station. For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...