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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. [ 3 ] There is a siding north of the Victoria line platforms to enable trains from Brixton to terminate, turn around and head back south.
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.
International travel is possible from St Pancras International which connects to mainland Europe through the Eurostar service, or from one of six international airports, including Heathrow or Gatwick. The M25 is an orbital motorway which enables vehicles to avoid travelling through central London and is one of the busiest motorways in Europe.
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 ...
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]
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]
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).
A map of Art on the Underground artwork locations was published in 2016 as the Art Map. [52] The project has also generated maps within local communities such as a Brixton Mural Map in 2018 [53] [21] and the Brixton Botanical Map in 2022. [54] [55] These were available for free at tube stations as well as being published as PDFs for download ...