Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 46, 2007

Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London, England, in the London Borough of Camden. It is one of 17 British railway stations managed by Network Rail, and is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line. Euston is the main rail gateway from London to the West Midlands, the North West and southern Scotland. It is connected to Euston tube station and near Euston Square tube station of the London Underground. Although the present station building is in the International Modern style, Euston was the first inter-city railway station to be built in London. The station and the railway that it served experienced several changes in management, being owned in turn by the London and Birmingham Railway (1837–1845), the London and North Western Railway (1846–1922), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1923–1947), British Railways (1948–1994), Railtrack (1994–2001) and Network Rail (2001–present). On 5 April 2007, British Land announced they had won the tender to demolish the existing 40 year old building and rebuild the terminal, spending some £250 million of their overall redevelopment budget of £1 billion for the area. As a result the number of platforms will increase from 18 to 21.