tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post7153399973641152080..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Euston, We have a Problem [5]fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-55743892841415530372011-09-12T12:59:43.063+01:002011-09-12T12:59:43.063+01:00This demonstrates one of the benefits of the inter...This demonstrates one of the benefits of the internet, in that one can unearth this sort of information within a few minutes, whereas previously it would have taken a visit to the reference library, and, no doubt, some hours of research work. So much that, probably, only the really dedicated would have bothered to do it.RC169https://www.blogger.com/profile/03921368833118123055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-37198318041169492152011-09-12T10:42:44.867+01:002011-09-12T10:42:44.867+01:00Thanks, both. It would appear that you have strong...Thanks, both. It would appear that you have strong evidence for "Euston" being around before Euston Road and it is I that have jumped to the wrong conclusion. Easy done! This has proved far more fascinating that I had expected with (still) a slight unease about the name of the Station?fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-11738547812720997842011-09-11T21:02:50.495+01:002011-09-11T21:02:50.495+01:00I have a facsimile copy of Pigot & Co's 18...I have a facsimile copy of Pigot & Co's 1840 book of maps of English counties, and it refers to the station at "Euston-square", adding "the line, however, is projected to terminate in the City". More intriguingly, it tells us that "the original estimate was two and half a millions, but the entire cost has considerably exceeded five millions!". Underestimated engineering costs are, it would seem, nothing new (Edinburgh trams please note).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-25876166132697546842011-09-11T18:47:27.783+01:002011-09-11T18:47:27.783+01:00You might want to check this one:-
http://www.ucl...You might want to check this one:-<br /><br />http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/cain/projects/euston_grove<br /><br />"Euston Grove" would appear to have been the initial name of the station.RC169https://www.blogger.com/profile/03921368833118123055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-75818394230801259552011-09-11T18:17:38.837+01:002011-09-11T18:17:38.837+01:00I am sure the captions to which you refer were add...I am sure the captions to which you refer were added with good intent, BUT until the New Road was named Euston Road, that insignificant Suffolk settlement appears to have been unknown in the big City. I THINK historians (and caption writers) have made unwarranted assumptions and provided an unjustified "back story". I'll keep looking.<br />Note that the 1880 map at the head of this blog calls it "LNWR Railway Terminus", NOT Euston Station!fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-47924766844877820352011-09-11T16:42:29.159+01:002011-09-11T16:42:29.159+01:00Although you mentioned that Euston Road only acqui...Although you mentioned that Euston Road only acquired that name in 1852, there is another street in the area called 'Euston Grove', which might perhaps have already had that name when the railway was built.<br /><br />It is possible to download a PDF copy of a booklet that was produced when the new Euston Station was opened in 1968 from:-<br /><br />http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BRLM_Euston1968.pdf<br /><br />and this has an image on page 7 which mentions 'Euston' in the caption (part of the image), and the note in the booklet suggests that this image dates from 1838.<br /><br />This site:-<br /><br />http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65189<br /><br />refers to the hotels adjacent to the portico which were built in 1839, and one of those was also called 'Euston' - which suggests that the name was already in use for the station.RC169https://www.blogger.com/profile/03921368833118123055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-29020969097182118302011-09-11T14:22:11.356+01:002011-09-11T14:22:11.356+01:00Oh dear, wrong again! I intended to refer to "...Oh dear, wrong again! I intended to refer to "main line" railways rather than suburban, although, of course, Greenwich was not suburban then, it was well out "in the sticks"! How about "The first of our current "main line" termini?<br />Thank you for the technical correction. I have still failed to find ANY source that will tell me when Euston station was named "Euston".fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-65723949146539880172011-09-11T11:11:54.253+01:002011-09-11T11:11:54.253+01:00An excellent series of blogs, but first railway to...An excellent series of blogs, but first railway to reach London? My reading suggests that the London & Greenwich's London Bridge station opened in 1836. And that far back, Greenwich was in Kent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com