The abandoned tube station that was turned into a Chinese restaurant… where trains made the chopsticks vibrate
AN 156-year tube station once decided to scrap trains in favour of Chinese food.
Marlborough Road was once a busy tube station in North London where you could catch the .
It first opened in 1868 as an extension of Baker Street on the crossroads between Finchley Road and Queen's Grove.
Marlborough Road started out as a single track station and had old steam trains pulling in.
The pilot men, who were tasked with guiding the train into the station, had to jump from one platform to another to switch services.
The steam train was eventually replaced by electric vehicles and two tracks.
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It served as a stop on the Metropolitan line for over 70 years.
However, by 1914, the tube station reduced the opening hours as people in the area opted for the bus instead.
Following the creation of the more convenient stop of St John's Wood, Marlborough Road suffered less and less traffic until it completely closed in 1939.
Some of the station's only peak times were during cricket season because it's so close to Lord's Cricket Ground.
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Marlborough Road is also a minute away from Abbey Road studios, where The Beatles wrote their White album.
After its closure, the tube station wasn't left vacant for long and had various businesses use the building.
At one point, it served as a doctors surgery, it was also transformed into a steak restaurant in the seventies.
The building was also home to a Chinese restaurant called Royal China.
It was reported that diners' chopsticks would vibrate as trains travelled on the tracks beneath them.
Now, it's used as a power station that helps boost the line it was once a part of.
Another change is that street Marlborough Road was named after doesn't exist. Marlborough Road has since been renamed, Marlborough Place.
There are remnants of the old station that still remain though.
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You can see a portion of the platform, as well as the curve of the old roof, from Finchley Road.
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