Editing Euston railway station (section)

===London, Midland and Scottish Railway redevelopment===
By the 1930s Euston was again congested and the LMS considered rebuilding it. In 1931 it was reported that a site for a new station was being sought, the most likely option was behind the existing station in the direction of Camden Town.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Euston Station |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000407/19310130/133/0014 |newspaper=Western Gazette |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=30 January 1931 |access-date=27 August 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> The LMS announced in 1935 that the station (including the hotel and offices) would be rebuilt using a government loan guarantee.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=48}}

In 1937 it appointed the architect [[Percy Thomas]] to produce designs.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Reconstruction of Euston Station |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001465/19370227/201/0008 |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=27 February 1937 |access-date=27 August 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> He proposed an American-inspired station that would involve removing or resiting the arch, and included office frontages along Euston Road and a helicopter pad on the roof.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=48}}<ref name=bull>{{cite web |last=Bull |first=John |title=The Euston Arch Part 2: Death |url=http://www.londonreconnections.com/2009/the-euston-arch-part-2-death/ |publisher=London Reconnections |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527162506/http://www.londonreconnections.com/2009/the-euston-arch-part-2-death/ |archive-date=27 May 2013 }}</ref> Redevelopment began on 12 July 1938, when {{convert|100000|LT||0|abbr=off|sp=}} of limestone was extracted for the building and new flats were constructed to rehouse people displaced by the works. The project was shelved indefinitely because of [[World War II]].{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=48}}

The station was damaged several times during [[the Blitz]] in 1940. Part of the Great Hall's roof was destroyed, and a bomb landed between platforms 2 and 3, destroying offices and part of the hotel.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=48}}