Marble Arch tube station

Marble Arch station stands beside the great white arch of the same name in the City of Westminster. It sits on the Central line between Lancaster Gate and Bond Street, in London’s first fare zone. The station opened in 1900 when the Central London Railway first ran trains below the streets. Early passengers used lifts to reach the platforms until the early 1930s. A new ticket hall with escalators replaced the original surface building in 1932, and the old entrance was later pulled down. The station’s platforms once showed plain white tiles, but in 1985 they gained colourful vitreous enamel panels designed by Annabel Grey. A modern refurbishment in 2010 refreshed most areas while keeping the enamel work intact. A rarely used siding west of the platforms can still take trains from Epping, Hainault or Woodford when needed. The main entrance opens inside the Cumberland Hotel, where Oxford Street meets the Marble Arch junction. In 2018 a 90-year-old man was pushed onto the tracks but was rescued by a bystander. The attacker, unknown to the victim, was later convicted of attempted murder. The station’s name also appears in the Doctor Who serial The Mysterious Planet and the country song London Homesick Blues.