The station of Euston is one of large the Gare S railway of London (the United Kingdom), located in the district of Camden, in the Center-North of the British capital. It is one of the seventy stations of the British railway network managed by Network Rail, whose offices are with the dessu station.
It is served by the station Euston and a close station, Euston Square , Métro of London.
Railway service road
This station is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line (principal line of the west coast) served by express trains trains connecting Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Holyhead and Glasgow like by regional slow trains. The trains are used by Virgin Trains and Silverlink. First ScotRail also uses night trains towards the Scotland.
History
Although the building of the station is of a modern international architectural style, the station of Euston was the first station of broad outlines built in London.
The old station
The station of origin was brought into service the July 20th 1837, like terminus of the line London-Birmingham and was built by Robert Stephenson. It was drawn by a famous architect of traditional formation, Philip Hardwick, with a 61 m length market, designed by the engineer Charles Fox. At the beginning, it had only two quays, one for the departures, and the other for the arrivals. A doric arc of style 22 height meter - drawn by Hardwick - was set up at the entry of the station to be used as gantry; it was known under the name of Arc of Euston.
Until 1844, the trains were to be drawn at the top from the hill until Camden Town by means of cables, the power of the engines with vapor being insufficient to enable them to climb the slope.
The station was quickly increased during the following years to follow the growth of the traffic. It was wide in particular in the Années 1840, with the opening in 1849 of the spectacular Grande Halle (drawn by made of Hardwick, Philip Charles Hardwick), in a traditional style. It had 38,1 meters length, 18,6 broad and 18,9 top), with and double a flight of stairs coffered ceiling leading to the offices at the northern end of the market. The station was located further in Euston Road than the frontage of the modern unit. It was on Drummond Street (finishing now on the side of the station), which went then until before station. A short street, called Euston Road connected Euston Square to the arc. Two hotels, the Euston hotel and the Victoria hotel flanked the northern half of this artery.
The station and the railroad which it served knew several changes of management, becoming successively the property of the London and North Western Railway (1846 - 1922), then London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1923 - 1947), of British Rail (1947 - 1994), of Railtrack (1994 - 2001) and to finish Network Rail (2001 -)
New construction
At the beginning of the Years 1960, it was decided to rebuild the old station which was not adapted any more to the needs for the traffic. The old building of the station (including the Arc of Euston) was demolished in 1962, in the middle of many protests of the public, and replaced by a new construction, was brought into service in 1968. This opening coincided with the electrification of the West Coast Main Line , and the new structure was deliberately conceived to symbolize the arrival of the “era of electricity”.The destruction of the old station contributed to reinforce the movements of environmental protection in Great Britain, which had been focused before on the conservation of aristocratic residences, picturesque architecture and still intact landscapes. The destruction of old the station of Pennsylvania to New York had had a comparable impact.
The modern station is much more one creation of the architecture of the Années 1960. It is a long and low structure with a frontage of a few 200 meters. The building of the station includes/understands two turns of offices which give on the adjacent streets, Melton Street and Eversholt Street , and are the seat of Network Rail. All these constructions have a functional style, with like principal material of frontage of the polished black stone, supplemented by white tiles, concrete surfaces and glazings. The station has only one room of the lost steps, consisted of the usual shops and stands of restoration, distinct from the market where the quays are. Some small vestiges of the old station were preserved, close to Euston Road, but hardly satisfied all those which the loss of the old building had shocked. The frontage of the station is hidden by an office building and a station of bus.
Criticisms
the station of Euston is largely regarded as ugliest and most unpleasant of the large terminals of London. The slopes which the travellers must borrow to go down from the room from not-lost on the level of the quays give a feeling of Claustrophobie to much of people and the market of the trains is low of ceiling, without relationship with the air style of the large railway markets of the XIX E century in London. The outside of the market, private of windows and black corroded metal and brick glazes uniformly, is worthier of industrial premises than of one of principal the building of the capital. The public garden decorated with concrete in front of the main entrance of the station is a gathering place of the tramps (who attend also the room of not-lost station itself).
Privatization
Following the Privatization of the railroads in the Years 1990, the service of the trains was dealt with by private companies, on the basis of Concession S ( franknesses ). the station itself was taken again by Railtrack then transferred to Network Rail. In 2005, Network Rail announced its intention to refit the long-term station, by removing constructions of the years 1960 and by releasing a vast commercial space by the reutilsation of space to the top of the quays, but there exists in addition of many projects from offices in London whose programming is more advanced, also this project will probably not advance before many years.
Subway of London
The station of Euston is directly connected by the station Euston, is located under the station, and is stopped at by the lines Victoria and Northern of the Métro of London.The station Euston Public garden , on the lines Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan is at short distance with feet of the station, in Euston Road.
See too
External bonds
- the station of Euston on the site of [[Network Rail] (in English)]
- the Arch of Euston (London Destruction)
- Site on Hardwicks (in English).
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