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King's Cross St Pancras (also known as King's Cross & St Pancras International) is a London Underground station on Euston Road in the Borough of Camden, Central London.It serves King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations in fare zone 1, and is an interchange between six lines: Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria.
St Pancras railway station (/ ˈ p æ ŋ k r ə s /), officially known since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a major central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is the terminus for Eurostar services from Belgium, France and the Netherlands to London.
map 12: King's Cross St Pancras: 10 January 1863 [235] Opened as "King's Cross", it was renamed "King's Cross for St. Pancras" in 1927. The station was renamed again in 1933 to its present name. [235]
King's Cross station shares a London Underground station with neighbouring St Pancras station. King's Cross St Pancras tube station is served by more lines than any other station on the London Underground. In 2023, King's Cross St Pancras was the most used station on the system, with 72.12 million passengers entering and exiting the station. [95]
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A map showing the wards of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. The ancient parish of St Pancras (also known as Pancrace or Pancridge [1]) was established in the medieval period to serve five manors: two manors named St Pancras (one prebendial, one lay), Cantlowes (Kentish Town), Tottenham Court and Rugmere (Chalk Farm).
On 18 November 1987, fire broke out in an escalator at King's Cross St Pancras tube station. The resulting fire cost the lives of 31 people and injured a further 100. London Underground was strongly criticised in the aftermath for its attitude to fires underground, and publication of the report into the fire led to the resignation of senior ...
Kentish Town, St Pancras, Gospel Oak and Moorgate (via St Pancras) have all been the western termini. East Ham was an alternative eastern terminus for some time. Some trains were extended beyond Barking to destinations such as Southend and Tilbury. There was a regular boat train service between St Pancras and Tilbury. [citation needed]