The Future Of King’s Cross Station

By · July 25, 2011 at 9:53 am · 6 Comments · Latest News · Report an error ·

Network Rail has released a batch of images showing how the remodelled King’s Cross station will look when complete.

The most significant change is at the front, where the unsightly green canopy, erected during a haze of 1970s bad planning, is gone, with the station’s impressive Victorian frontage once again becoming the entranceway. In place of the canopy is a large public plaza. The station concourse is shifted to a new building on the western flank, and access to the platforms is improved via a new connecting bridge. The roof of the train shed has also been renovated. The new concourse is scheduled to open ahead of the Olympics, and the plaza will be completed in 2013.

It’ll never look as impressive as St Pancras, but the new King’s Cross will better complement its showier Gothic neighbour.

See also:

The history of King’s Cross on one billboard

 The complex lifts of King’s Cross St Pancras

 

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  • Anonymous

    Vast improvement, can’t wait.

  • Billkay

    It’s all very well being snotty about the existing unsightly green canopy, but you may not remember the slum that went before! It’s all a question of where the concourse goes – the previous idea was to give equal access to all the mainline platforms, but now the lower-numbered will be a bit of a slog from the new concourse. Let’s see how it works.

    • Dean Nicholas

      ” the previous idea was to give equal access to all the mainline
      platforms, but now the lower-numbered will be a bit of a slog from the
      new concourse.”

      True, although the new footbridge between platforms at the mid-way point should help improve access and passenger flow. As you say, we’ll see how it works in practice when it opens.

      • Anonymous

        And presumably, if you have your ticket, magazines, telegraph (for free water) etc, you’ll still be able to access from the south end of the platforms?

      • Anonymous

        And presumably, if you have your ticket, magazines, telegraph (for free water) etc, you’ll still be able to access from the south end of the platforms?

  • Epm007

    Looks much better than the present mess . The internal concourse picture should however show hoards of people blocking up the whole place waiting for trains to be ready for boarding ;often only minutes before departure !  I’ve never seen this hoarding of passengers {  oops I meant ‘customers’ }  anywhere in Europe except in the UK .  This aspect should be improved as it is much better to be sitting on a train for 15 minutes maybe than standing and looking at a departure board and then rushing for a seat . 

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