The story of London King's Cross station is one of decline and renewal.
在开业时，在简单的情况下，该电台很快就会被覆盖，因为铁路交通在十九世纪增加。
Although a major transport hub, the twentieth century was not kind to the station, but recent investment in both the infrastructure and the surrounding area has made King's Cross a destination station once again.
- 1850: 7 August, the Great Northern Railway’s temporary terminus at Maiden Lane (now York Way) is opened.
- 1851: Maiden Lane has large numbers of passengers passing through the station making their way to the Great Exhibition. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert depart for Scotland from this temporary terminus.
- 1852: 14 October, the Great Northern Railway’s permanent King’s Cross station is opened for passengers.
- 1854: 17 May, The Great Northern Hotel next door to King’s Cross and designed by Lewis Cubitt opens. Facing the west side of the station it follows the original curve of Pancras Road.
- 1858: Accommodation at King’s Cross is given to Midland Railway trains, an arrangement that lasts until St Pancras opens in September 1868.
- 1860年代在国王十字车站:对郊区服务的需求reases, particularly after 1863 when the station is linked with the Metropolitan Railway, the world’s first underground railway.
- 1866：1月1日，通过郊区和地下服务的约克路平台打开。
- 1869年: Improvements are made to strengthen the east side of the station.
- 1875年: Between 1875 and 1895 suburban platforms are added to the west side of the main line station.
- 1886年：改善改进，加强车站的西侧。
- 1906：在国王十字架的前面建造了一个新的地下入口。
- 1923: The Great Northern Railway becomes part of the London & North Eastern Railway.
- 1955：国王的十字架被用作Ladledkers的Ealing喜剧中的位置设置。
- 1973：6月25日，一个故事旅行中心，票务办公室和大厅打开了立方体的前面。
- 1977：3月4日，郊区和约克路平台关闭。
- 1997年: King’s Cross becomes famous in the Harry Potter series of books and films, platform 9 ¾ being the departure point for Hogwarts.
- 2006：旧货物的再生围场和国王十字路口周围的机车仓库开始，预计将持续到2020年。该地区是欧洲最大的内部城市再生位点。
- 2009: A new underground ticket hall and improved access arrangements for the King’s Cross St Pancras underground station are completed.
- 2012: 19 March, Phase one of the King's Cross redevelopment project is completed with the opening of the new western departures concourse, a steel and glass dome designed by John McAslan.
- 2013: September, The final stage of the redevelopment draws to a close after the removal of the 1973 extension, the restoration of the original façade and the creation of a new public square to the front of the station.
Simple and functional
1850年，伟大的北部铁路到达了伦敦，在少女巷（Now York Way）开设了一条临时木偶，同时其新的车站和接近的加工隧道正在建造。计划在被称为国王的地区的10英亩的网站上，新的终点是在一个天花和发烧医院的网站上以及四条道路的交界处建造;新路（埃斯顿路），梅登车道（纽约瓦尔），彭腾维尔山（Pentonville Road）和Gray's Inn Road。
King’s Cross Station was opened to passengers on 14 October 1852. Designed by Lewis Cubitt to be simple and functional it was at the time the largest railway station in Britain. Two train sheds both 800ft long, 105ft wide and 71 ft high are closed by a plain brick screen 216ft long with two large arched windows and with a porch of six arched openings, three each side of the square Italianate clock tower 112ft high which is the stations only ornament.
Primarily for main line traffic inside it had just two passenger platforms, one for departures on the west side, the other for arrivals on the east side. King’s Cross had an additional six platforms for the storage and movement of locomotives and carriages in the middle. On the east side of the station arches from the arrivals platform led to a cab road while on the west side station facilities such as waiting rooms, refreshment rooms and a ticket office were provided as well as company offices and the Great Northern Railway boardroom.
Demand grows
整个十九世纪的客运流量大幅增加，在功能设计的车站上施加了大量的压力。Cubitt的原始建筑的所有八个平台都被利用，并在建筑物以西添加了郊区流量的另外三个平台，以应对需求。
Additional lines and tunnels were added to the approach to King’s Cross to increase flow and improve difficult working conditions for engine drivers. A significant goods depot on and around the site of the temporary Maiden Lane station developed to the north of King’s Cross as the Great Northern Railway moved coal and fresh produce from the North to the Capital.
Intercity, suburban and underground
In the twentieth century King’s Cross and its surrounding area became a significant transport hub, with intercity, suburban and underground services, but the station showed signs of serious decline. Suburban trains passed through King’s Cross from 1866 until 1977 using the ‘York Road’ platform to the east of the station, travelling south towards Moorgate.
Travelling in the opposite direction they passed through the suburban platforms to the very west of the station. York Road and suburban platforms closed on 4 March 1977. Suburban and regional services now terminate at King’s Cross using platforms 9, 10 and 11. Intercity services use platforms 1-8.
When King’s Cross opened, a large number of huts and kiosks sprang up at the front of the station, trading on the passenger and goods traffic concentrated in the area. In the early 1970s these kiosks were cleared and a single story travel centre, ticket office and concourse opened to the front of Cubits façade, but it made little impact on the overcrowded and restricted passenger facilities.
The 21st century
Since 2002, £2.5 billion has been invested in the transport infrastructure in and around King’s Cross. Improved access and facilities for London Underground at King’s Cross St Pancras were opened in 2009, and a new ‘platform 0’ was opened on the east side of the station in 2010 (utilising the old cab road) to create extra capacity in the station.
A new steel and glass Western Concourse by John McAslan & Partners opened in March 2012, making use of the space between Lewis Cubitt’s Great Northern Hotel and the offices on the western side of the station. The final phase of the redevelopment started soon after with the removal of the 1970s concourse and travel centre. This enabled Cubitt’s original Grade 1 listed façade to be exposed once more as well as a square at the front of the station, creating a new public space right in the heart of London.
你知道吗？
被称为国王的地区从车站外的十字路口竖立的乔治IV雕像中获得了名字。纪念碑本身匮乏，于1836年完成，于1845年拆除，但该地区保留了名称。