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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.
Waterloo International station was the London terminus of the Eurostar international rail service from its opening on 14 November 1994 to its closure on 13 November 2007, when it was replaced by London St Pancras International as the terminal for international rail services following the opening of High Speed 1 (HS1).
High Speed 1 station concourse View from the station. The station is on the High Speed 1 railway between London St Pancras International and Ebbsfleet International.As the station lies just inside the eastern boundary of the London Olympic Park, much of the surrounding land was little more than a construction site until mid-2012.
Class 374 alongside a Class 373 at London St Pancras A Class 374 at Arnhem Centraal during a test run; alongside is a Deutsche Bahn ICE 3 EMU. Eurostar have used the trains to expand its core operation between London St Pancras International, Paris Gare du Nord and Brussels Midi/Zuid.
Eurostar originally ran services to and from Waterloo International along existing mainline tracks, until it moved to St Pancras International in November 2007. In October 2010, Eurostar ordered ten Class 374 "Eurostar e320" trains from Siemens to run on its existing routes from London to Paris and Brussels as well the newest route to Amsterdam ...
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High Speed 1 (HS1) connects London to the Channel Tunnel, with international Eurostar services running from London St Pancras International to cities in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands at 186 mph (299 km/h). [54] That line is also used by high-speed commuter services from Kent to the capital, operating at top speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h ...
Train station is the terminology typically used in the U.S. [3] In Europe, the terms train station and railway station are both commonly used, with railroad being obsolete. [4] [5] [6] In British Commonwealth usage, where railway station is the traditional term, the word station is commonly understood to mean a railway station unless otherwise specified.