Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 13 and Version 12 of King's Cross St Pancras Station
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* [http://abstractgourmet.com/2008/10/st-pancras-international-grand-champagne-bar/ Abstract Gourmet review of the champagne bar at St Pancras] |
Zone 1 rail and Tube station on the Victoria, Northern (Bank branch), Piccadilly, Circle, Metropolitan, and Hammersmith & City lines.
For those thinking of changing between the Victoria and Northern lines here, note that it's almost always better to do this at Euston instead, even if this involves a little doubling back (i.e. if coming from the north end of the Victoria line and changing to go south on the Bank branch of the Northern line), since the Euston interchange is cross-platform whereas the King's Cross one involves struggling through crowds along passages.
St Pancras International Station is the Central London terminus for Eurostar services to Paris, Brussels and other northern European cities. At its northern end there are also platforms for services to the Midlands and, beneath those platforms, a connection with the First Capital Connect (Thameslink) services from Bedford and Luton south to St Albans. An increasing number of up-market shops and boutiques are opening along the main thoroughfare through the station, which runs below the Eurostar platforms.
Note that St Pancras International Station is in NW1, while King's Cross Station is in N1.
See also:
- Wikipedia entry
- Wayback Machine archive of the old OGL entry
- Londonconnections diagram of the entire complex as of December 2007
- Layman's London writeup of St Pancras and its Eurostar service
- Stonch's Beer Blog article on the Betjemans Arms pub within the station
GPS data collected by Kake on a Garmin eTrex, 14 April 2007, and released into the public domain: OSGB 530268, 182956, outside the King's Cross mainline entrance.
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