Euston railway station

Euston National Rail London Overground
London Euston
Side on view of a station entrance with a statue
Station entrance in 2017, with the statue of Robert Stephenson
Euston is located in Central London
Euston
Euston
Location of Euston in Central London
LocationEuston Road
Local authorityLondon Borough of Camden
Managed byNetwork Rail
Station code(s)EUS
DfT categoryA
Number of platforms16
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone1
OSIEuston London Underground
Euston Square London Underground
St Pancras National Rail
King's Cross National Rail[2]
Cycle parkingYes – platforms 17–18 and external
Toilet facilitiesYes
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 46.146 million[3]
– interchange Decrease 3.776 million[3]
2019–20Decrease 44.777 million[3]
– interchange Increase 4.357 million[3]
2020–21Decrease 6.607 million[3]
– interchange Decrease 0.843 million[3]
2021–22Increase 23.098 million[3]
– interchange Increase 3.121 million[3]
2022–23Increase 31.318 million[3]
– interchange Decrease 2.124 million[3]
Railway companies
Original companyLondon & Birmingham Railway
Pre-groupingLondon & North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
20 July 1837Opened
1849Expanded
1962–1968Rebuilt
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°31′42″N 0°07′59″W / 51.5284°N 0.1331°W / 51.5284; -0.1331
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Euston railway station (/ˈjstən/ 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. Euston is the tenth-busiest station in Britain and the country's busiest inter-city passenger terminal, being the gateway from London to the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland.

Intercity express passenger services to the major cities of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and through services to Holyhead for connecting ferries to Dublin are operated by Avanti West Coast. Overnight sleeper services to Scotland are provided by the Caledonian Sleeper. London Northwestern Railway provide commuter and regional services to the West Midlands, whilst London Overground provide local suburban services in the London area via the Watford DC Line which runs parallel to the West Coast Main Line as far as Watford Junction. Euston tube station is connected to the main concourse and Euston Square tube station is nearby. King's Cross and St Pancras railway stations are about 12 mile (800 metres) east along Euston Road.

Euston, the first inter-city railway terminal in London, was planned by George and Robert Stephenson. It was designed by Philip Hardwick and built by William Cubitt, with a distinctive arch over the station entrance. The station opened as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) on 20 July 1837. Euston was expanded after the L&BR was amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Western Railway, and the original sheds were replaced by the Great Hall in 1849. Capacity was increased throughout the 19th century from two platforms to fifteen. The station was controversially rebuilt in the mid-1960s when the Arch and the Great Hall were demolished to accommodate the electrified West Coast Main Line, and the revamped station still attracts criticism over its architecture. Euston is to be the London terminus for the planned High Speed 2 railway and the station is being redeveloped to accommodate it.

  1. ^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

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