Editing Hotel (section)

===Railway hotels===
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The first recorded purpose-built railway hotel was the [[Great Western Hotel, Reading|Great Western Hotel]], which opened adjacent to [[Reading railway station]] in 1844, shortly after the [[Great Western Railway]] opened its line from London. The building still exists, and although it has been used for other purposes over the years, it is now again a hotel and a member of the [[Malmaison (hotel chain)|Malmaison hotel chain]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Daphne |last=Phillips |title=The Story of Reading |publisher=Countryside Books |date=1980 |isbn=0-905392-07-8 |page=115}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |desc= Great Western House |num=1113591 |access-date=24 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Reading |publisher=Malmaison |url=https://www.malmaison.com/locations/reading/ |access-date=24 February 2017 |archive-date=7 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207032457/https://www.malmaison.com/locations/reading/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Frequently, expanding railway companies built grand hotels at their termini, such as the [[Midland Hotel, Manchester]] next to [[Manchester Central railway station|the former Manchester Central Station]], and in London the ones above [[St Pancras railway station]] and [[Charing Cross railway station]]. London also has the Chiltern Court Hotel above [[Baker Street tube station]], there are also [[Canada's grand railway hotels]]. They are or were mostly, but not exclusively, used by those traveling by rail.