Euston railway station

Euston railway station (also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail. It is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line to Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central. It is also the mainline station for services to and through Birmingham New Street, and to Holyhead for connecting ferries to Dublin. Local suburban services from Euston are run by London Overground via the Watford DC Line which runs parallel to the WCML as far as Watford Junction. There is an escalator link from the concourse down to Euston tube station; Euston Square tube station is nearby. King's Cross and St Pancras railway stations are further down Euston Road.

Euston was the first intercity railway terminal in London, planned by George and Robert Stephenson. The original station was designed by Philip Hardwick and built by William Cubitt, having 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, leading to the original sheds being 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, including the demolition of the Arch and the Great Hall, to accommodate the electrified West Coast Main Line, and the revamped station still attracts criticism over its architecture. Euston remains a significant station into the 21st century, and is proposed to be the London terminus of the future High Speed 2 project.

The station is the fifth-busiest station in Britain and the country's busiest inter-city passenger terminal, providing a gateway from London to the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland. High-speed intercity services are run by Virgin Trains and overnight services to Scotland are provided by the Caledonian Sleeper, while regional and commuter services are accommodated by London Northwestern Railway. The regional and commuter services operated by West Midlands Trains transferred from London Midland on the 9th December 2017.

Location
Euston station is set back from Euston Square and Euston Road on the London Inner Ring Road, between Cardington Street and Eversholt Street in the London Borough of Camden. It is one of 19 stations in the country that are managed by Network Rail. As of 2016, it is the fifth-busiest station in Britain and the busiest inter-city passenger terminal in the country. It is the sixth-busiest terminus in London by entries and exits.

Euston bus station is directly in front of the main entrance.

National Rail services
Euston has services from four different train operators:

Virgin Trains operates InterCity West Coast services:


 * 1 train per hour to Glasgow Central / Edinburgh Waverley (alternating) via Birmingham
 * 1 to Glasgow Central via Preston. Additional services operate to/from Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle during peak times
 * 2 to Birmingham New Street via Coventry, extended to/from Wolverhampton (at peak hours)
 * 3 to Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport:
 * 2 via Stoke-on-Trent
 * 1 via Crewe
 * 1 to Liverpool Lime Street via, Crewe and Runcorn
 * 1 to Chester via Crewe, with certain trains extended along the North Wales Coast Line to Bangor or Holyhead for the ferries to Ireland, such as Irish Ferries as well as Stena Line to Dublin Port, one train on Mon-Fri to Wrexham General
 * 2 trains per day to
 * 4 trains per day on Monday-Friday to

London Northwestern Railway operates regional and commuter services.


 * 2 trains per hour to Tring
 * 1 to Milton Keynes Central
 * 2 to Birmingham New Street via Northampton
 * 1 to Northampton
 * 1 to Crewe via Stafford

London Overground operates local commuter services.


 * 3 trains per hour to Watford Junction via the Watford DC Line

Caledonian Sleeper operates two nightly services to Scotland from Sunday to Friday inclusive.


 * Highland sleeper to Aberdeen via Kirkcaldy and Dundee, Fort William via Dalmuir, and Inverness via Stirling and Perth
 * Lowland sleeper to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley via Carlisle