London King's Cross

King's Cross Station

King’s Cross Railway Station is a large railway terminal located in the King’s Cross area in central London, on the Camden area at the junction of the Camden and Islington districts. Connected by A501, Euston Road and York Road. The station is the southern terminal of the main east coast of the British Rail Link. Its west side is close to the terminal of the Eurostar International Train, St. Pancras. The two stations are connected to the King’s Cross St Pancras Station on the London Underground as a common outbound subway station.

Station Facilities

• First class lounge
• subway
• Service Desk
• washroom
• Luggage storage
• Accessible Channel
• Taxi stand

Railway Service

King's Cross Station has many routes to the east and north of Scotland, connecting many major cities such as Cambridge, Leeds, York, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.

There are now four railway companies operating the services of the trains to the main line.

• London North Eastern Railway On the East Coast main line to Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, Wakefield, York, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle Central Station, Edinburgh Waverley Station, Glasgow Central Station, Dundee, A Intercity trains in Berding and Inverness. The company also plans to increase its route to Lincoln Center in 2010. The East Coast National Express Train Company is the "main operator" of King's Cross Station.

• Thameslink and Great Northern Drive to suburban and regional routes in North London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

• Hull Trains Intercity trains bound for Hull via the East Coast main line. Unlike its sister company, First Hull Train Company does not have the privileges of a train operating company, but operates under an “open line” agreement.

• Grand Central Intercity trains to North Yorkshire, Durham County and Sunderland. The train also passes the East Coast main line, and the company is also an “open line” operator.

Traffic in the city

To the west of King's Cross Station is the St. Pancras Station, the New Britain Library and the Euston Station. These buildings are only a few minutes walk away.

King's Cross is one of the symbols of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of storybooks. This station is the departure point for the Hogwarts Express Train. This train uses the secret 93⁄4 platform, which is required to pass through the dividing brick wall between platform 9 and platform 10.

Sheffield

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