St Pancras Station

St. Pancras is what arriving is all about - well done to those developer guys as we emerged off the train and headed towards the Arcade the words "wow" came from my daughter (6) followed by "this is amazing." We have been here before but this is the magnetude that arriving here has. Incidently we travelled here from the newly opened East Midlands Parkway (end of A50 by M1 - down the A453 by the Ratcliffe cooling towers) only 1 and a half hours journey time. St. Pancras is well known now as the new portal for the Eurostar - I personally haven't been through there yet but can imagine it might conjure the same response. What do I ...  Read the complete review

Coming from Sheffield, St Pancras is our London station when we visit the capital (usually for the football - we're Sheffield United fans). The first thing you notice about St Pancras is its sheer size - it is absolutely massive! And boy is it grand... a lovely Victorian building on the outside with fantastic modern facilities on the inside. After the 2 hour train ride from Sheffield (if it's on-time, which to be fair, it usually is), central London is only a 10-minute tube away on the Picadilly, Victoria or Northern lines. King's Cross/St Pancras has its own tube station that is a 5 minute walk away from the platforms. The walk takes you past the new Eurostar ...  Read the complete review

St Pancras Station. Yes I love the exterior, the grand Victorian station building is magnificent, but the inside.... That's another matter, a parade of overpriced tourist orientated shops, overpriced food and drink outlets, the Eurostar departures and arrivals and......not much else. Apart from East Midlands Trains, running naturally to and from the East Midlands and some commuter routes there's nothing. My biggest complaint is the lack of seats. OK if you are prepared to buy something at one of the cafes, but be warned if you are waiting on the first floor for a train there is virtually nowhere to sit. I feel that it's another case of hype over content. I have to say I ...  Read the complete review

The station has been transformed. I always thought of St Pancras as a breathtakingly beautiful building, even in its grubby days, but now it has been cleaned up, it is stunning. No wonder Harry Potter films are actually filmed here rather than at dreary King's Cross. Much has been said about the blue arches, but that does not detract from the cleaness and the airiness and spacious feel. From a (female) traveller's point of view, the place is spotless, including, most importantly, the toilets, though I always have to queue, so maybe they missed a trick there and have not provided enough. Directions to tubes, taxis, buses etc are clearly signposted. There er plenty ...  Read the complete review

St Pancras Station is a study in contradictions. It overshadows its neighbour King’s Cross Station, but is far less busy. Its other neighbour, the modern British library, looks less incongruous than might be expected as it is built with bricks from the same source as those used for St Pancras. The building most people call St Pancras Station is in fact not the station at all. Currently the quietest of London’s mainline stations, the plans to make it the Eurostar terminus could make it one of the busiest. An 1863 Act of Parliament allowed the Midland Railway to build a London terminus. Like Euston and King’s Cross stations, it is on the ...  Read the complete review