Marlborough Road tube station (disused) (London)
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Marlborough Road is a disused London Underground station. It was opened in 1868 on the Metropolitan & St. John's Wood Railway, the first northward branch extension from Baker Street of the Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan Line). On contemporary maps the station name is shortened to Marlboro Road.
In the mid 1930s the Metropolitan line was suffering congestion at the south end of its main route where trains from its many branches were struggling to share the limited capacity of its tracks between Finchley Road and Baker Street stations. To ease this congestion a new section of deep-level tunnel was constructed between Finchley Road and the Bakerloo line tunnels at Baker Street station. The Metropolitan line's Stanmore branch services were then transferred to the Bakerloo (now Jubilee) line on 20 November 1939 and diverted to run into Baker Street in the new tunnels, thus reducing the number of trains using the Metropolitan lines tracks.
Metropolitan Line stations between Finchley Road and Baker Street were closed and a new St. John's Wood station was opened nearby on what is now the Jubilee line.
Even before the closure it had been a little-used station apart from some peak days during cricket season due to its proximity to Lord's tube station.
The street that Marlborough Road station was named after has been renamed Marlborough Place.
The remains of the platforms and an outside shot of the station building and booking hall (an Aberdeen Angus Steak House) were included in a scene from Metro-land, a 1973 BBC documentary presented by Sir John Betjeman. The building survives today and remains in use as a Chinese restaurant.
The building housed a Chinese restaurant until 2009, and now contains a substation installed as part of the power upgrade programme to support the introduction of S stock on the Metropolitan line.
www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Marlborough_Road_station.h...
In the mid 1930s the Metropolitan line was suffering congestion at the south end of its main route where trains from its many branches were struggling to share the limited capacity of its tracks between Finchley Road and Baker Street stations. To ease this congestion a new section of deep-level tunnel was constructed between Finchley Road and the Bakerloo line tunnels at Baker Street station. The Metropolitan line's Stanmore branch services were then transferred to the Bakerloo (now Jubilee) line on 20 November 1939 and diverted to run into Baker Street in the new tunnels, thus reducing the number of trains using the Metropolitan lines tracks.
Metropolitan Line stations between Finchley Road and Baker Street were closed and a new St. John's Wood station was opened nearby on what is now the Jubilee line.
Even before the closure it had been a little-used station apart from some peak days during cricket season due to its proximity to Lord's tube station.
The street that Marlborough Road station was named after has been renamed Marlborough Place.
The remains of the platforms and an outside shot of the station building and booking hall (an Aberdeen Angus Steak House) were included in a scene from Metro-land, a 1973 BBC documentary presented by Sir John Betjeman. The building survives today and remains in use as a Chinese restaurant.
The building housed a Chinese restaurant until 2009, and now contains a substation installed as part of the power upgrade programme to support the introduction of S stock on the Metropolitan line.
www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Marlborough_Road_station.h...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough_Road_tube_station
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Coordinates: 51°32'12"N -0°10'33"E
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