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Description: | This photo was taken in 1929. It shows the original Marble Arch station, named after the arch in nearby Hyde Park. In the centre of the shot, a man rides past on an early model motorbike.
The station, designed by Harry Bell Measures, was built in 1900 on the corner of Old Quebec Street and Oxford Street. The upper storeys were added in 1910 as a hotel. It was rebuilt at the end of the 1920s to cope with increased passenger numbers as shops and offices replaced houses in the neighbourhood.
A new sub-surface booking hall was built in 1930. This old building was sold to Lyons & Co, which redeveloped the site as a Lyons Corner House and hotel. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Cityscape | Temporal: | May 1929 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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