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King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.It is in the London station group, one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom and the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line to Yorkshire and the Humber, North East England and Scotland.
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.
King's Cross is a district in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington, on either side of Euston Road in north London, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Charing Cross, bordered by Barnsbury to the north, Clerkenwell to the southeast, Angel to the east, Holborn and Bloomsbury to the south, Euston to the west and Camden Town to the northwest.
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. [ 147 ] The Underground station pre-dates the mainline as part of the initial section of Metropolitan Railway project on 10 January 1863, which was the first section of the London Underground to open. [ 148 ]
Following electrification in the 1970s, the layout was remodelled. By this time both Kings Cross Goods Yard and Top Shed had closed so it was possible to remove the goods lines and simplify the layout. In the current configuration, the lines approaching the tunnel from the north are grouped into Up Fast & Slow and Down Fast & Slow.
A Deltic at Belle Isle in the 1970s. Lines through the multiple arched bridge behind led to Top Shed and Kings Cross Goods yard. Most of the sidings at the Top Shed and Kings Cross Goods Yard funneled down into the junction at Freight Terminal junction near Belle Isle, which was the cause of the fan-shaped layout of both areas.
King's Cross, London, an area of central London, England King's Cross (building), the memorial to George IV that gave the area its name; King's Cross Central, a development of previously semi-derelict land in the King's Cross area; London King's Cross railway station, a major London railway terminus
King's Cross Thameslink station is a closed railway station in central London, England. It is located on Pentonville Road, around 250 metres (0.2 mi) east of King's Cross mainline station. At the time of closure, in 2007, it was served by Thameslink trains and managed by First Capital Connect.