Kings Cross Station Reviews

London Kings Cross (KGX) station opened in 1852 & is one of the main terminus points for trains into and out of London & a major point for lines on the London Underground. The station is large and historic, it's quite a nice station for its design & texture. 4 train companies operate routes into & out of the ...  Read the complete review

Kings Cross is one of the most important Stations in London, and pretty much all connections to other regions of the South East/East via London go from this Station. I tend to go to Kings Cross from Paddington, (I live in south Wales) and on the whole, my experience of the station has been exceptionally good. I'll start by telling the ...  Read the complete review

Its amazing how many times at the end of that seemingly never ending couple of days I've spent working in old London town, emerging squished and grinded on the signally challenged tube lines, despite a fevered dash around the mazey and baffling sequence of exits I arrive at that Golden board at Kings Cross and it hits me - I've just missed it - ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever wondered why Kings Cross (or parts of it) is such a dump? One reason is planning blight caused by the on-off channel tunnel connection. Currently the project is 'on' and we will see the power of good transport to transform an area that is rather seedy at present into a second docklands - but this docklands will have charicter ...  Read the complete review

In spite of its Harry Potter connections, Kings Cross station is not a nice place to be. And a quick safety note: if muggles run headlong into the gate between platforms 9 and 10, it just hurts. Erase from your mind images of yourself sailing out of the station on the Hogwarts Express, mouth full of every-flavour beans and pocket full of small ...  Read the complete review

Kings Cross was built by the Great North Railway (GNR) in the 1850?s, which was amalgamated into the London North Eastern Railway in 1923 (with acknowledgement to Necropolis !!). The name sort of lives on in the Great North Eastern Railway (GNER), which operates services out of the station. The station is situated next to St Pancras and ...  Read the complete review