Police Station Marble Arch

Marble arch has a partly undeserved reputation as a police station.

Police station marble arch.

Crime stats events and news from the met s oxford street regent street and bond street safer neighbourhood team snt in westminster london. And former section house in seymour street closed down in june this year see next 2 photos for more total policing. The short answer is no but it was used by the metropolitan police for over 50 years. In my opinion to call aw a small police station is a misnomer as i have said it was mainly used as a section house and to open the central arch.

Four people were arrested. No night duty which was a perk of you liked that sort of thing. It was never a fully functioning police station i e. Footage shows three armed police officers running towards marble arch station followed another unarmed officer.

The area around the arch forms a major road junction connecting oxford street to the east park lane a4202 to the south bayswater road a402 to the west and edgware road a5 to the north west. The eponymous london underground station is marble arch on the central line. A place to report crimes a building with holding cells or interview rooms. They worked days only in 2 shifts 8am 4pm 12mdnt.

Marble arch station has been closed while police carry out an investigation this afternoon friday april 27. Metropolitan police service station is located on the agar street approx. 1 mile away from the oxford street. Was marble arch ever a police station.

Armed police were seen rushing across the road and. Transport for london announced the central line station was closed to eastbound trains at around 3 35pm. Small chambers built into the sides of the arch could be used as holding cells and interview rooms. 4 marylebone police station is located 0 2 miles away from marble arch tube station on the south side of it.

Central arch of aw was a dormitory which served approximately 12 or more officers. Marylebone police station closed down. It was never a fully functioning police station but it was regularly used as a police staffing point during public demonstrations.