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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.
On 23 January the piano was temporarily sealed off due to ongoing station maintenance works, preventing the public from playing it. [7] [8] On 24 January, St Pancras Station management announced the piano had been relocated a short distance from the cordoned off area saying the public piano playing area had been reinstated. [9]
The Meeting Place is a 9-metre-high (30 ft), 20-tonne (20-long-ton) bronze sculpture that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by the British artist Paul Day and unveiled in November 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
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.
The statue of John Betjeman at St Pancras railway station, London is a depiction in bronze by the sculptor Martin Jennings.The statue was designed and cast in 2007 and was unveiled on 12 November 2007 by Betjeman's daughter, Candida Lycett Green and the then Poet Laureate Andrew Motion to commemorate Betjeman and mark the opening of St Pancras International as the London terminus of the ...
London St Pancras: St Pancras, London: 1868 15 31.724 High Speed 1 diverges north of St Pancras Kentish Town: Kentish Town, London 1868 4 2.844 Branch from to Gospel Oak to Barking line north of station West Hampstead Thameslink: West Hampstead, London 1871 4 3.710 Cricklewood: Cricklewood, London 1868 4 1.057 Dudding Hill Line diverges north ...
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] It is in Travelcard Zone 1 and caters for both King's Cross and the neighbouring St Pancras ...
The only main railway line built across Central London was the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) line connecting Blackfriars to Farringdon via Snow Hill Tunnel in 1866. [21] The distinctive Gothic architecture of St Pancras railway station survived demolition, unlike neighbouring Euston.