Marble Arch tube station

Marble Arch
Location	Oxford Street
Local authority	Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2005	10.504 million
2007	14.967 million
1900	Opened
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
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Marble Arch is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. The station is between Lancaster Gate and Bond Street stations on the Central Line, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.

[edit] History

The station was opened on 30 July 1900 by the Central London Railway (CLR).

Like all the original stations on the CLR, Marble Arch was served by lifts to the platforms but the station was reconstructed in the early 1930s to accommodate escalators. This saw the closure of the original station building, designed by the architect Harry Bell Measures, that was situated on the corner of Quebec Street and Oxford Street, and a replacement sub-surface ticket hall opened further to the west. The new arrangements came into use on 15 August 1932. The original surface building was later demolished.

[edit] The station today

The station is named after the Marble Arch nearby and is located at the north east side of the Marble Arch junction, at the western end of Oxford Street.

There is a shunting neck to the west of the station allowing trains from Oxford Circus to terminate here.

[edit] Transport connections

It is on London Buses route 2, 10, route 15, 16, 30, 36, 73, 74, 82, 94, 98, 137, 148, 159, 390, 414 and 436.

[edit] See also

The Mysterious Planet, a serial of Doctor Who which uses Marble Arch as a plot point.
London Homesick Blues," a 1974 song by Gary P. Nunn references Marble Arch Station.[1]

[edit] Layout

⇒ Central towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Hainault ⇒
Eastbound Platform 2 Island Platform Westbound Platform 1
⇐ Central towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip ⇐