London Marylebone station

Marylebone
London Marylebone
Main entrance
Marylebone Location of Marylebone in Central London
Location	Marylebone
Local authority	City of Westminster
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	MYB
DfT category	A
Number of platforms	6
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	1
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	13.417 million
2012–13	14.685 million
2013–14	15.521 million
2014–15	15.978 million
– interchange	0.496 million
2015–16	15.933 million
– interchange	0.534 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London & North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1899	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°31′20″N 0°09′48″W / 51.5223°N 0.1634°W / 51.5223; -0.1634Coordinates: 51°31′20″N 0°09′48″W / 51.5223°N 0.1634°W / 51.5223; -0.1634

Marylebone
Bakerloo line platform
Marylebone Location of Marylebone in Greater London
Location	Marylebone
Local authority	City of Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013	13.40 million
2014	13.30 million
2015	12.53 million
2016	12.95 million
Key dates
1907	Opened as temporary terminus (BS&WR)
1907	Service extended (BS&WR)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°31′20″N 0°09′47″W / 51.52222°N 0.16306°W / 51.52222; -0.16306

Marylebone station (/ˈmɑːrlᵻbən/ MAR-li-bən) is a Central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the Marylebone area of the City of Westminster. On the National Rail network it is also known as London Marylebone and is the southern terminus of the Chiltern Main Line to Birmingham. An accompanying Underground station is on the Bakerloo line between Edgware Road and Baker Street in Transport for London's fare zone 1.

The station opened in 1899 as the London terminus of the Great Central Main Line (GCML), the last major railway to open in Britain in over 100 years, linking the capital to the cities of Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester. Marylebone was the last of London's main line termini to be built, and is one of the smallest, having opened with half the number of platforms originally planned. It has limited connections to the Underground as it was built after the main Tube lines in the area.

Marylebone station suffered from a lack of traffic and after the GCML closed in 1966, it declined in use. By the 1980s, it was threatened with closure, but was reprieved because of commuter traffic on the London to Aylesbury Line (a remaining part of the GCML) and from High Wycombe. In 1993 the station found a new role as the terminus of the Chiltern Main Line. Following the privatisation of British Rail, the station was expanded with two additional platforms in 2006 and improved services to Birmingham Snow Hill. In 2015 services began between Marylebone and Oxford Parkway via a new chord connecting the main line to the Oxford to Bicester Line and an extension to Oxford following in 2016.