Marylebone Station, pronounced mar-le-bone, is the second station on the Monopoly board and opened in 1899. Designed by William Henry Braddock, it is one of the smallest main line stations in London and serves trains to Birmingham however it also links London to Leicester, Sheffield and Manchester. It has its own tube station which is part of the Bakerloo line. Being one of the quietest stations it has often been used in films, most notably The Beatles 'A Hard Days Night' (1964), 'The Ipcress File' (1965), 'The 39 Steps' (1978) where it stood in for St Pancras and 'The Day of The Triffids' (1962). Being small it didn't have that big busy London station vibe about it which was nice. In the men's toilets, and very likely the women's, there is a large Monopoly board on the wall. Unfortunately I was unable to take a photo. Lords cricket ground and Regents Park are nearby. After what had been a long and fairly uninspiring walk from Pimlico, and I had a bit of time to kill before my train back home, it was time for a well deserved pint. There is a sports bar attached to the station which had a pretty well stocked bar but at £6.25 a pint it is my most expensive pint in London, something I would prefer not to better.
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