Local suburban services from Euston Station are run by London Overground via the Watford DC Line which runs parallel to the WCML as far as Watford Junction.
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16 Facts About Euston Station
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Euston Station was the first inter-city railway terminal in London, planned by George and Robert Stephenson.
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Euston Station building was designed by the classically trained architect Philip Hardwick with a 200-foot-long trainshed by structural engineer Charles Fox.
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The main entrance portico, known as the Euston Station Arch was by Hardwick, and was designed to symbolise the arrival of a major new transport system as well as being seen as "the gateway to the north".
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Euston Station's facilities were greatly expanded with the opening of the Great Hall on 27 May 1849, which replaced the original sheds.
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Euston Station proposed a new American-inspired station that would involve removing or resiting the arch, and included office frontages along Euston Road and a helicopter pad on the roof.
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Euston Station was damaged several times during the Blitz in 1940.
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Euston Station is a long, low structure, 200 feet wide and 150 feet deep under a 36-foot high roof.
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Euston Station has a single large concourse, separate from the train shed.
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In March 2010 the Secretary of State for Transport, Andrew Adonis announced that Euston was the preferred southern terminus of the planned High Speed 2 line, which would connect to a newly built station near Curzon Street and Fazeley Street in Birmingham.
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Euston Station is to have seven new platforms dropped from an original planned eight, taking the total to 23, with 10 dedicated to HS2 services and 13 to conventional lines at a low level.
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Preparation for the 2019 start of tunnelling works for the Euston Station approach was made with the demolition in 2018 of the Euston Station Downside Carriage Maintenance Depot.
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One of the review's conclusions was that the proposed design for the station rebuild was 'not satisfactory' and that "the management of the whole Euston project is muddled and the current governance arrangements for Euston station need to be changed".
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Euston Station's was acquitted in 1992; the true culprit has yet to be identified.
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Euston Station was poorly served by the early London Underground network.
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Underground network around Euston Station is planned to change depending on the construction of High Speed 2.
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