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Euston railway station 

(/ˈjuːstən/ YOO-stən; also known as London Euston) is a central London


railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail. It is
the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line to Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester
Piccadilly, Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central. It is also the mainline station for services to
and through Birmingham New Street, and to Holyhead for connecting ferries to Dublin. Local
suburban services from Euston are run by London Overground via the Watford DC Line which runs
parallel to the WCML as far as Watford Junction. There is an escalator link from the concourse down
to Euston tube station; Euston Square tube station is nearby. King's Cross and St Pancras railway
stations are further down Euston Road.
Euston was the first intercity railway terminal in London, planned by George and Robert Stephenson.
The original station was designed by Philip Hardwick and built by William Cubitt, having a
distinctive arch over the station entrance.

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