St Pancras Station (St Pancras Station)

Member Name: jaywit

Product:	St Pancras Station
Date:	27/05/09 (6 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: At last the neglected Victorian station has been brought back to life

Disadvantages: Overpriced shops and lack of seats

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 much prefer to travel from the old favourite next door Kings Cross. I think there was a great oppotunity here to show London to visitors arriving from Europe but what do they get? A bad impression of London shops.
There is one shop that I find is always busy and does buck the trend and that's Marks and Spencer Simply Food. Yes even there it is more expensive than your high street branch, but compared to the other shops it's a bargain.

Summary: Be warned, get anything you need from shops outside. It's a dissapointment