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Marylebone
As you can see, we have only two postcards of Marylebone at
present, and would dearly like more. We would also like to
have more facts, figures and reminiscences of the station, so
if you would like to contribute, please contact us !
An early 20th Century postcard of Marylebone Station.
It was originally planned that Marylebone Station should have 10 platforms, but the building
costs were far higher than was anticipated by the Great Central Railway and in the end only 5
were constructed. The GCR hoped to create another five in due course and thus did not build a
north wall - it was some 50 years before this was built. The station was opened in 1899.

The GCR never carried huge numbers of passengers. Marylebone was the last of the major
London Termini to be built which meant that the company was always going to have difficulty
competing against the other well-established companies, and in addition the Metropolitan
Railway was a major competitor for passengers to towns close to London. However, the GCR
was far more luxurious than the Metropolitan trains and monopolised first Class travel. Due to
the low passenger numbers, Marylebone was considered the most pleasant of London's main
line stations.
Because of the GCR's plans to extend the station, the Great
Central Hotel was built outside the station complex and by
a different company.
Marylebone Underground station opened on the 27 March
1907. It was at first called " Great Central", but was
renamed Marylebone in 1917. The original name still
appears in places on the platform wall tiling.
Several scenes in the Beatles 1964 film "A Hard Day's
Night" were filmed at Marylebone station, which has also
appeared in "Magnum PI", "The Ipcress File", "Dempsey and
Makepeace", "Green Wing" and "Dr Who".
Marylebone is one of the stations on the UK Monopoly
board.
Links:

The GCR - a  brief history of the company.   
The GCR Society.
Old Postcard, Marylebone Station. London
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