EUSTON RAILWAY STATION

 EUSTON STATION

Trains to the Motorcycle Show in Birmingham go from here! It's important to know that! LOL

It's a very busy station, and is going to get even busier, with the addition of the HS2 High-speed rail link being built. The station opened in 1837, and it 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.

It is now being re-modelled again.

The original Euston Road underground station was a typical Leslie Green one, covered in oxblood red tiles. During the 60s remodelling, a new entrance to the underground was included with access straight from the mainline station concourse. Somehow, the Leslie Green building was never demolished.

When I walked around the site for the new HS2 terminus today, I found it still standing. Everything around it has been demolished and cleared, and the one building stands surrounded by fencing. I had to poke my camera through a tiny gap in the fence to get this rather poor picture.

But I hope this means that a use will be found for it, and it will be incorporated into the new station.

The building works on the old station are all-pervasive, and it was difficult getting any decent photographs at all. However, as it's a station I use from time to time, I will try and replace the pictures as and when

The entrance to the main station is marked by these twin buildings. The walls are engraved with the names of all the places you can get to from Euston by train.

Euston war memorial was erected in 1921 to honour the railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War. Additional panels were later added to commemorate the men and women of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway who died in the Second World War.

But there is more to Euston than the Station. Euston Road is full of suprising buildings. I've already covered the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. That has its own page, as I'm hoping to be able soon to examine it in closer detail. Similarly, the British Libary has its own page, and St. Pancras New church has been included on the page for the parish of St. Pancras.

So let's start with the BT Tower. This left me a bit non-plussed. From where I was standing in Euston Road, I could only see the top few feet of the tower. The rest was obscured by a new building for University College Hospital.

But look at the new high-rise offices opposite, and the entire tower is reflected in the glass front..............

I walked a bit further along to see if a clear view was being reflected from the side road at the end of the UCH building, but I could still only see a little more. Most odd.........

Although I spotted the tower from Euston Road, it actually stands on Cleveland Street, in the Fitzrovia area. So I have not included any information about it on here, as I intend to visit it in situ at a later date.

Here stood a memorial to JFK. Sadly so abused it has had to be moved inside the International Students' House.

The Greene Man pub dates back to 1799. The Green Man, with foliage emanating from every facial orifice, is well-known in British mythology, and there are references to him back as far as the 12th. century. You often find a representation of him in churches, where he foretells rebirth, and Spring. 

However, here, the Greene has acquired an extra 'E'. This is because the pub is part of the Greene King brewery chain. This 18th century pub has sports viewing and serves real ales and classic pub food.

So, all the times I've walked past this building, the old fire station, and assumed that has been repurposed as offices. 

However, just as I took the picture of the building, a door flew open and the fire engine emerged