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Marylebone Road (pronounced Mar(i)-lee-bone Road) is an important thoroughfare in central London. It runs west to east from the A40 Westway at Paddington until the road name changes to Euston Road at Regent's Park. The road which runs in 3 lanes in both directions, is part of the London Inner Ring Road and as such forms part of the boundary of the zone within which the London Congestion Charge applies.

Marylebone Road itself eventually becomes the M40 motorway a few miles to the west and has a junction with Kilburn Road (A5) which heads to the start of the M1 motorway. As such most of the traffic leaving central London for the Midlands and the North of England travels on this road. It is frequently heavily congested.

Two of London's principal tourist attractions lie on Marylebone Road, namely Madame Tussaud's and the London PlanetariumA planetarium is a theatre built for presenting shows about astronomy and the night sky. Planetariums typically use a large dome shape for the projection screen, with inclined chairs for comfortable viewing "straight up". A large projector in the center o.

The name MaryleboneMarylebone (sometimes written St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone is an area in the City of Westminster north of Oxford Street and south of Regents Park. Edgware Road forms the western boundary. Portland Place and Langham Place form the eastern boundary. Maryl originates from a church, called "St Marys", that was built on the bank of a small streamThe primary meaning of stream is a body of water, confined within a bed and banks and having a detectable current. Stream is the umbrella term used in the scientific community for all flowing natural waters. For other meanings of the word stream see Strea or "bourne" called the tybourne, in an area named after the stream TyburnTyburn was the principal location in London for public executions by hanging. It was at the junction between two Roman roads, (now Oxford Street and Edgware Road, near where the Marble Arch now stands), and executions took place there for many centuries.. The church and the surrounding area later became known as St Mary at the bourne, which over time became shortened to its present form MaryleboneMarylebone (sometimes written St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone is an area in the City of Westminster north of Oxford Street and south of Regents Park. Edgware Road forms the western boundary. Portland Place and Langham Place form the eastern boundary. Maryl.

Mainline and London UndergroundThe London Underground is a public transport network, composed of electrified railways (that is, a metro system) that run underground in tunnels in central London and above ground in the city's suburbs. The oldest metropolitan underground network in the w railway stations in the vicinity

Mainline

• Paddington stationPaddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major railway station in the Paddington area of London, which is the London terminus for long distance trains to the West of England and South Wales and some West London commuter services. The stati
• Marylebone railway stationMarylebone station is a railway station in central London. The station has only four platforms making it one of the smallest of the railway terminals in London, and apart from Waterloo International it is the newest. Train services into the station are ru

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• Edgware Road tube station
• Paddington station
• Marylebone tube station
• Baker Street tube station
• Regent's Park tube station
• Great Portland Street tube station