London
Euston Station is the main terminus for trains up the west coast line,
primarily serving the north west of England and Scotland. Major destinations
are Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
Trains nearly all stop at Birmingham, offering the fastest journey
by train here too.
There are also some commuter trains to North London.
The East Coast line to Scotland starts at Kings
Cross Station and is faster, Kings Cross is only about 800m from
Euston down the Euston Road.
Euston is pretty central, just two stops on the London Underground
to Oxford Circus for example. The Circle Line Underground Station
is at a physically separate station called Euston Square, about 100m
west of Euston Station. There is a busy bus station at the front with
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Shops
& Services Euston Station
There
are a couple of pubs inside the station, including one on a balcony
area overlooking the main concourse. This serves substantial food
including Full English Breakfasts too.
Much of the concourse is taken up by fast food and snack outlets,
(see picture top).
There is a nice park area in front of the bus station (see picture
left), out front.
There are ATM's, newsagents, a chemist and of course a large ticket
office. There are also plenty of automatic ticket machines available
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Euston
Underground Station
The London Underground at Euston has two lines, the Victoria and Northern
Lines. Euston Square underground station is a separate station about
100m west of Euston down the Euston Road, this line connects with
other stations including Paddington, Liverpool Street and Marylebone.
There is a busy bus station out front, particularly good option if
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The
station is busy at all times of the day. Unlike many mainline stations
there is not much commercial activity outside the station, however
there is a comprehensive mix of services and shops to meet most travellers
needs within the station.
On the concourse by the stairs down to the Underground Station is
a London Transport information kiosk that is worth using if you need
it. There are the normal services like newsagents and snack outlets
as well as a pharmacy (Boots) and a Marks & Spencer Simply Food,
small supermarket.
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Left
Luggage Euston Station
There
is a left luggage facility at Euston station operated by the Excess
Baggage Company - the company have their own web site.
The office is open 7 days a week from 07:00 to 23:00. The facility
is on the main concourse. Facing the train platforms, go to the platform
furthest left, you will see the left luggage facility when you turn
the corner behind the main ticket office.
The Excess Baggage Company have a monopoly of the left luggage facilities
at most of London's main railway stations and airports. They can also
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Euston
District
For the
visitor, there is very little of interest. Unless you are staying
in a hotel close by, most people will want to move on elsewhere.
Unlike many city centre railway stations the area out front is not
seedy, but is just very bland.
A main London road artery (Euston Road) surrounded by plain commercial
buildings. Every so often there is a typical English pub like that
pictured right and there are a few small pleasant parks scattered
around the place.
South of Euston you soon come into the University area, before hitting
Bloomsbury.
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