Kings Cross
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| London borough | Camden |
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| Islington | |
| London Assembly | Barnet and Camden |
| North East | |
| Restaurants | Dishoom King's Cross |
| Caravan Granary Square | |
| Hotels | St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel London |
| Architects | Thomas Marsh Nelson |
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| ID | 2546961 |
About Kings Cross
King's Cross is a major rail hub, with national trains at King's Cross station and Eurostar services from St. Pancras. Bisected by the Regent's Canal, the former industrial area to the north is dotted with garden squares and art installations. The Coal Drops Yard complex is home to upmarket boutiques, lifestyle brands, hip bars, and trendy eateries. Offices house global tech giants, and apartments overlook the canal.
Goathland pub made famous by Heartbeat TV show up for sale
... Goathland was also used as a filming location in the first Harry Potter film with the village s station serving as Hogsmeade Station, where the Hogwarts Express ends its journey from platform nine and three quarters at Kings Cross...
London Underground: 'Reunited with hero who saved me from death'
... While walking along the Victoria Line platform at Kings Cross St Pancras Tube station at 18:00 she " stumbled" on to the live track, with a 200-tonne train only moments away...
Ukraine war: Young refugees reflect on their lives in London
... " Sometimes I can t believe that I m living in London, I can visit Westminster or I can go to Kings Cross and see the Platform 9 ¾," he smiles, referring to the fictional part of the railway station from the Harry Potter series...
Guide dog shortage: The blind people who train their own guide dogs
... Isabel Holdsworth had been making the daily commute across London from Dagenham to Kings Cross for years...
Busiest and quietest railway stations in Britain revealed
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Train tracks fall woman looks for her lifesaver
... The hospital worker from Cwmbran, Torfaen, fell onto the tracks at Kings Cross St Pancras station in London on 10 July...
Met Gala: 22 of the hottest looks from the 2022 red carpet
... Taylor Marie Hill sported a stunning floral trainNormally, our favourite train is the 11:30 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh (thanks to those stunning east coast views), but at the Met Gala, we d have to opt for model Taylor Marie Hill...
Storm Dudley brings travel disruption as Storm Eunice looms
... with tickets for journeys between York and Leeds and London s Kings Cross on Friday to move them to Thursday due to expected disruption...
Busiest and quietest railway stations in Britain revealed
London Waterloo is Once Again The busiest Railway Station in Britain, after being knocked from The Top spot Last Year by Stratford (London).
Waterloo's passenger numbers though, at 41. 4 million, are still less than half of its pre-lockdown figures.
Eight of The Top 10 are London stations, with Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly Coming In at eighth and 10th respectively.
Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire was The least used.
East Midlands Railway schedules " up to two" services A Day from The unmanned station, which recorded just 40 passenger entrances.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) estimates station usage for each of The 2,570 stations in Britain.
London WaterlooWaterloo, which opened in 1848, was The busiest British station for 14 years until Stratford (London) took its place for 2020-2021.
Waterloo was The Last London terminus to provide steam-powered services - The Final steam train went to Bournemouth in 1967.
It also provided The terminus of The London Necropolis Company, accommodating mourners and holding funeral services before coffins were transported for burial at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey.
The Final journey of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill started at Waterloo Station . His coffin was loaded a Battle-of-Britain-Class locomotive named Winston Churchill before travelling to Blenheim Palace for burial.
The Top 10:Between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022 there were 24 stations in Great Britain with More Than 10 million entries and exits, compared to just five stations over The previous 12 Months . There were 43 such stations in The 2019-20 tally.
In Scotland, Glasgow Central remained The most-used station with 15. 3 million entries and exits, while Edinburgh was second with 13. 6 million.
In Wales, Cardiff Central remained The busiest station in The latest year with 7. 5 million. Newport was second.
Under 100There were six open stations with fewer than 100 entries and exits in The latest year:
Feras Alshaker from The ORR said it was " heartening" to see passengers returning to travelling by rail following a difficult period for The industry during The pandemic.
Estimates of station usage are derived from The rail industry's ticketing and revenue system, together with some local ticketing data.
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