Editing Marylebone station (section)

=====1986 onwards&nbsp;– revival=====
[[File:Marylebone station (8074619312).jpg|thumb|left|The main trainshed at Marylebone in 2012, with platforms 3–1]]
The station was revived under the control of the [[Network SouthEast]] sector of [[British Rail]]. The introduction of the inter-modal and unlimited use ''Capitalcard'' (now known as the [[Travelcard]]) led to a sharp rise in commuters into London, absorbing the spare capacity at Paddington and Baker Street, eliminating the possibility of Marylebone's services being diverted.<ref name=stmarylebone>{{cite journal|url=http://www.stmarylebonesociety.org/picts/news341.pdf|title=Marylebone Station Celebrating 30 Years Since Threatened Closure|publisher=St Marylebone Society|date=Summer 2014|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref>

Marylebone was reprieved from the threat of closure on 30 April 1986,<ref name=stmarylebone/> and an £85&nbsp;million modernisation and refurbishment programme of the station and its services was granted. This was funded by selling part of the station to developers, including two of the original four platforms at the west of the station and the third span of the train shed. In order to replace these, the central cab road was removed, and two new platforms numbered 2 and 3 were created in its place. The run-down lines into Marylebone were [[Total route modernisation|modernised]] with new signalling and higher line speeds. In 1991, the fleet of [[British Rail Class 115|Class 115]] trains on local services was replaced by [[British Rail Class 165|Class 165]] Turbo trains and service frequencies were increased.<ref name=Almostterminal/> Services to Banbury were extended to the reopened [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Birmingham Snow Hill station]] in 1993,<ref name="NSE1993">{{cite web|title=The History of Network South East 1993 |url=http://www.networksoutheast.net/jan-1993-to-dec-1993.html |publisher=Network South East Railway Society |access-date=5 June 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103135422/http://www.networksoutheast.net/jan-1993-to-dec-1993.html |archive-date=3 November 2013 }}</ref> creating the first long-distance service into Marylebone since 1966. Initially, this service ran at two-hourly intervals, but it proved popular and was increased to an hourly frequency in 1994.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boynton|first1=John|title=Main Line to Metro: Train and tram on the Great Western route: Birmingham Snow Hill – Wolverhampton|date=2001|publisher=Mid England Books|isbn=978-0-9522248-9-1|page=70}}</ref>{{sfn|Simmons|Biddle|1997|p=33}}