The New Step-Free Entrance At Euston Square Station
This map from cartometro.com shows the Underground Lines in the Euston station area.
Note.
- The Northern Line is shown in black.
- The Victoria Line is shown in light blue.
- The sub-surface lines are shown in yellow and mauve.
- The Northern and Victoria Lines are deep underneath the station, whereas the sub-surface lines are under Euston Road.
This Google Map shows the area and the positions of the station entrances.
Note.
- Warren Street station in the South West corner of the map at the Northern end of Tottenham Court Road.
- Euston Road running South-West to North-East across the map.
- University College Hospital is on the South side of Euston Road between Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street.
- There is a subway under Euston Road almost in line with Gower Street, that gives access to the Western ends of the platforms at Euston Square station.
- There is a lift to the station from the South side of Euston Road on the Eastern side of Gower Street.
- The Western end of the platforms at Euston Square are probably just to the East of Gower Street.
The next road across Euston Road is Gordon Street, where the entrance to a new subway under Euston Road to Euston station will be located.
This Transport for London visualisation shows the entrance to the subway looking towards Euston station.
This diagram of the subway. is from Ian Visits,
Note the platforms at Euston Square station appear to be shown in red and end to the West of Gordon Street.
I took these pictures at the Eastern end of Euston Square station.
Note what look like bricked off areas at the end of the platforms for electrical and other gubbins. I suspect they could be removed to create more space.
Conclusion
I don’t think that connecting the platforms to the subway will be the most challenging of projects, if they can dig easily behind and over the walls of the Victorian tunnel and behind the platforms.
The Anonymous Widower 
One of the few benefits that HS2 may bring
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | March 31, 2021 |
My feeling is that good project management would mean that this entrance would be done early, so it could be used as a non-changing entrance and exit to Euston Square station during the rebuilding of Euston Underground station.
It would also create the easiest link to Crossrail and Thameslink at Farringdon.
The trains are also high capacity and serve a lot of stations directly.
If Crossrail 2 is delayed, it could mind the gap for a few years.
Comment by AnonW | March 31, 2021 |
This scheme will mean that Euston Square Station will have step free access at both ends of its westbound platform but only at the eastern end of its eastbound platform.
I seem to remember that when the scheme to provide SFA at the west end as part of over site development there was talk of building a link tunnel across to the eastbound platform with a lift up to the platform ( not street level) but lack of funding stopped this happening. However, when one uses the present lift if one looks carefully through the lift door one can see another exit level which I presume is for the abandoned scheme !
Hopefully this scheme will go ahead early in tge redevelopment of Euston Station but raises tge question as to whether an exit will be built on the opposite side of Euston Road or will subway continue into station and whether this can be built ahead of main station rebuilding.
I reckon the closeness of Euston Square and Warren Street Stations could prove handy when Euston Stations rebuilding gets underway.
Comment by Melvyn | April 1, 2021 |
[…] Plans have already been published that will connect Euston Square station and Euston station. I wrote about it in The New Step-Free Entrance At Euston Square Station. […]
Pingback by Thoughts On Splitting The Northern Line « The Anonymous Widower | September 27, 2021 |
[…] The New Step-Free Entrance At Euston Square Station, I detailed plans to put a full step-free entrance South of Euston […]
Pingback by British Land Unveils Plans To Transform London’s Euston Tower Into A Life Sciences And Innovation Hub « The Anonymous Widower | December 1, 2023 |
As said cutting the two new pedestrian tunnels from the existing platforms outside the existing brickwork MAY be less demanding than extending the platform tunnel, however I feel that extending the rail platforms would be a more future proof solution as done on the Elizabeth Line, in addition to reducing walking time to the Main Line with Stuff. I would like to see this as a precursor to extending platforms 5 & 6 at Baker Street west to a new entrance at Glentworth Street. With other improvements along the line over time. Enabling a new “Heathrow & City Line” connection utilising the Elizabeth Line from a rebuilt platform at Westbourne Grove.
Comment by Martin | January 2, 2024 |
Extending 5 & 6 at Baker Street is a good idea, as it would give step-free access to the Underground at both Marylebone and Baker Street.
I also believe that connecting the Southern end of the Thameslink platforms to the Metropolitan Lines underneath could be a good connection.
But as you say a Heathrow and City Line would be a good idea.
I also think, that if you’re going somewhere like Chancery Lane of Marble Arch to Heathrow, when the Central Line trains have been upgraded, you might change at Ealing Broadway.
And when the Piccadilly Line has new trains, with some terminating at Ealing Broadway, you might change there.
There are endless ideas and I would start by making as many stations step free as possible and then analyse the tickets to see the routes the passengers take.
Comment by AnonW | January 2, 2024 |