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  Euston station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Euston is located in the London Borough of Camden, on the northern edge of the city centre, just outside the congestion charge zone, but in Travelcard Zone 1.
A 72 foot (21.9 m) high Doric arch - designed by Hardwick - was erected at the station's entrance to serve as a portico; this became renowned as the Euston Arch.
Euston tube station is on the City branch (for Bank) and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line.
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 Euston. Who is Euston? What is Euston? Where is Euston? Definition of Euston. Meaning of Euston.
Euston station is a large railway station in central London.
Train services into Euston are run by Virgin Trains and Silverlink county, with Scotrail overnight sleeper train services to Scotland.
Amid much public outcry the old station building (including the famous Doric Arch) was demolished in 1962 and replaced by a new building, which opened in 1968.
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 Casino Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Its Greek Revival Doric portal, "Euston Arch", introduced the concept of a monumental railway station as the modern portal to a city.
A 72 foot (21.9 m) high Doric arch was erected at the station's entrance to serve as a portico; this became renowned as the Euston Arch.
Euston tube station is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line, between Camden Town and Kings Cross St Pancras.
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 Encyclopedia: Euston station
It was situated further from Euston Road than the front of the modern complex; it was on Drummond Street, which now terminates at the side of the station, but then ran all the way across the front it.
Euston Square station Euston Square is a London Underground station near Euston station, at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London.
Euston Underground Station is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line, this is between Camden Town and Kings Cross St Pancras.
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 euston station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Euston is located in the London Borough of Camden, on the northern edge of the city centre, just outside the congestion charge zone.
Euston is notable for not having the Circle Line serving the station within the complex.
However Euston Square tube station is just 250m away and officially serves as an interchange for the Circle, Hammersmith & City; and Metropolitan Lines.
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 Euston station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A 72 foot (21.9 m) high Doric arch was erected at the station'sentrance to serve as a portico; this became renowned as the Euston Arch.
Amid much public outcry the old station building (including the famous Euston Arch) was demolished in 1962 and replaced by a new building, which opened in 1968.The modern station is very much a creation of 1960s architecture.
Euston is notable for not having the Circle Line serving the stationwithin the complex.
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 Euston Plaza Hotel London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Euston station (also known as London Eustom), is a large railway station in Central London.
Euston is located in the London Borough ofCamden, on the northern edge of the city centre, just outside the congestion charge zone.
Its Greek Revival Doric portal, "Euston Arch", introduced the concept of a monumental railway station as the modern portal to acity.
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 Euston station -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway station in Central (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London.
Train services into Euston are run by (Click link for more info and facts about Virgin Trains) Virgin Trains and (Click link for more info and facts about Silverlink) Silverlink, with (Click link for more info and facts about First ScotRail) First ScotRail overnight sleeper train services to Scotland.
A 72 foot (21.9 m) high (The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in the Peloponnesus) Doric arch was erected at the station's entrance to serve as a portico; this became renowned as the Euston Arch.
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 Encyclopedia: St Pancras railway station
From 1840 Midland trains to and from London ran from Euston using the London and North Western line via a junction at Rugby.
The Midland Railway chose for the terminus a site backing onto New Road (later Euston Road) and bounded by St Pancras Road and Brewer Street, a few hundred yards to the east of Euston and immediately to the west of King's Cross station.
They could see the ornateness of Euston, with its famous arch; the functional success of Lewis Cubitt's King's Cross; the design innovations in iron, glass and layout by Brunel at Paddington; and, significantly, the single span roof designs of John Hawkshaw being built at Charing Cross and Cannon Street.
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 Euston Arch
The Euston Arch was a beautiful and powerful creation built in the victorian era as a mighty symbol to the glory of railway travel.
Designed by Sir Philip Hardwick, the Arch was part of a collection of classically ornate waiting rooms, train sheds, and ticket halls, all decorated and carved in extreme victorianic elegance, and all combining to make the original awesome Euston Station.
The Euston Arch, at the forefront of it all, stood on the longitude shared with the nearby Drummond Street, around where the platform 9 starts nowadays.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Image:Euston_station_facade.jpg rightthumb250pxFaçade of Euston Station, London Image:Euston Station - 1851 - from Project Gutenberg - eText 13271.jpg rightthumb250px"Euston Arch:" the original entrance to Euston Station, as enlarged, ''ca'' 1851 Image:Euston station concourse.jpg rightthumb250pxEuston station concourse Image:Euston platforms.jpg rightthumb250pxEuston station platforms '''Euston station''' (also known as '''London Euston'''), is a large railway station in Central London.
Euston is located in the London Borough of Camden, on the northern edge of the city centre, just outside the London Congestion Charge congestion charge zone, but in Travelcard Zone 1.
Euston tube station is on the City branch (for Bank and Monument stations Bank) and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line.
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 Euston Station, London NW1: tourist information from TourUK
Euston, one of London's most important mainline stations, opened in 1837 as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, later the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
Beside the Euston Road stand two Portland stone lodges that once guarded the entrance to the old station.The war memorial, another survivor, is set a little further back.
Today Euston Station serves the north and north-west of England and Scotland (including the Scotrail sleeper) and has a suburban line north to Watford.
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 Victorian London - Buildings, Monuments and Museums - Euston Arch
Euston Station, in Euston Square, is the terminus of the London and North Western Railway, and its name is derived from the secondary title of the Dukes of Grafton, ground landlords of this district.
The fine portico seen in our view was designed by Hardwick, and is said to have cost £30,000 some of its stones weigh no less than thirteen tons.
The buildings beyond the arch are the waiting rooms and booking offices of the station, the arrival and departure platforms being to the right.
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 Euston Arch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Euston Arch was the original entrance to Euston station in central London.
Designed by architect Philip Hardwick, it was inspired by Italian architecture, following Hardwick's trip to Italy in 1818-19.
The 'Propylaeum' or Doric arch (1837) of stone pillars and iron gating, 70 feet high, was designed for the London and Birmingham Railway, but was demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the current Euston Station building).
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 Contemporary Review: A nostalgic trip on the Scotch Express - London to Glasgow on the InterCity
It lifts her out of the Cinderella category, it is a step on the way to making her a gateway to romance, as every London terminus ought to be.
One of the last journeys I made from Euston was on a winter night in wartime, embarking on the interminable trip to Scapa Flow.
Euston to Glasgow is an astonishingly rural ride.
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 Euston Square Hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Facade of Euston Station, London "Euston Arch:" the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse
Train services into Euston are run by Virgin Trains and Silverlink, with FirstScotRail overnight sleeper train services to Scotland.
Although the present station building is in the International Modern style, Euston was the first inter-city railway station to be builtin London.
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 netcyclo: Euston Station
Euston Underground Station is situated beneath the station, and Euston Square Underground Station is nearby.
Originally opened by the London and Birmingham Railway on 20 July 1837, Euston was the first major London railway station.
The station was completely rebuilt in the 1960s (despite conservation protests the arch was demolished) and was reopened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1968.
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 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Station makeover threatens heritage listing
In the facts following the article we said that the Euston arch at the time of its construction was "the highest building in London".
Within eight years the man with the big cigar was dead, aged 53, exhausted by overwork and broken by his problems with the Great Eastern, the largest ship in the world, his last stupendous project.
Euston mainline station opened in 1837 as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, later the London and North Western Railway, with an iron roof planned by Robert Stephenson and designed by Charles Fox.
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 Euston Plaza London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Facade of uston Station, London "Euston Arch:" the original Eustom Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euson station concourse
Euston station (also known as London Eusto), is a large railway station in Central London.
Although the present station building is in the International Modern style, Easton was the first inter-city railway station to be builtin London.
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 My So Called Media Life: Euston Arch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
I've been meaning to post about this for a while, after I read an article in the New Statesman last December on Heritage.
Completed in 1837 the Arch was the dramatic 70ft high entrance for Euston Railway Station.
Sadly, Harold Macmillan agreed in 1961 to destroy pull it down in order for the the railway lines to be extended and a new concourse built.
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 Mentone Hotel - 2 Star Hotel - WC1 - Center of London
Take the express train to Victoria and catch a taxi or the tube to Euston or Russell Square both very near.
Euston, Kings Cross and St Pancras Stations, You can walk from either of those mainline stations.
Take the express train to Liverpool St. station and catch a taxi or the tube to Euston or Russell Square both very near.
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 Euston Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Zaman was arrested minutes later by police officers who had been called to the flat near Euston Station, Euston Road, Camden, by neighbours who had heard the...
Arch, a glorious Greek Revival Doric gateway we would cherish today, so that the winds of change could blow in the tinny airport-style Euston station, and the...
There is an overnight sleeper service to Glasgow from London's Euston station; round-trip prices from $83.
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 Guide and Travel Facts: London City Sightseeing, the United Kingdom
The arch ahead is known as the "Quadriga" or Wellington Arch.
The arch is in fact one of the smallest police stations in the city — located in one of the sides of the arch.
Euston is one of several railroad terminals in London.
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 hotels close to Euston Square - London Hotel Directory
Close to Euston train station and many tourist.....as one of London's...
Railway Station, 2 minutes' walk from both Euston and Euston Square Undergound Stations, and close to Kings Cross and St...
The Euston Square Hotel is located in the heart of central london, close to...
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 Euston Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Don't visit Euston Station for the sculpture or the architecture, but if you happen to be there, then it is worth looking around.
Hardwick, featured a monumental Doric Greek arch, but this was demolished by the Barbarian hordes in the 1960s.
They are in different stones, labelled by type and age, and this is a good place for the amateur geologist, because as well as these, the interior floor of Euston Station contains an inordinate amount of serpentinite on the floor.
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 Heritage Models
The Euston Arch, designed by Philip Hardwick, was completed in 1837.
It was the first monument to the railway age, as the gateway to the world’s first railway terminus to be built in a capital city.
Although it was much admired and was also one of the key buildings of 19th century British architecture, the Arch was swept away by official vandalism when the station was redeveloped in 1961.
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 Science and Society Picture Library - Search
Running from Curzon Street Station, Birmingham, to Euston Station, London, the 112 mile long line took 20,000 men nearly five years to build, at a cost of £5.5 million.
The entrance to Euston Station was marked by an imposing Doric arch designed by Phillip Hardwick, which cost £35,000 to build.
A similar arch, also designed by Hardwick, was built at the entrance to the Birmingham terminus.
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 euston - Around2.co.uk
Euston Station was designed by Philip Hardwick and built in 1838 for the London and Birmingham Railway.
Euston Station, in Euston Square, is the terminus of the London and North Western Railway, and its name...
Euston and Bloomsbury medium-priced hotels: near King's Cross, by St Pancras, at Euston Railway Station, close to Russell Square and British Museum, Kings Cross Rail Station, Bloomsbury, Holborn, Tottenham Court Road, in Camden...
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 Euston station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However Euston Square tube station is just 250m away and officially serves as an interchange for the Circle, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan Lines.
Euston station timetable (http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=EUS) from National Rail's Live Departure Boards
Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=publicanddb=pcandaddr1=andclient=publicandaddr2=andadvanced=andaddr3=andpc=NW12RZandcidr_client=none) of Euston station, from multimap.com
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