Kings Cross railway station

This article refers to the London station. There is also a Kings Cross railway station in Sydney, Australia.

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Kings Cross railway station - Sydney, Australia

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King's Cross station is a railway station in Kings Cross to the north east of central London. It is located in the borough of Camden, and is the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line. It is immediately adjacent to St Pancras station.

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Railway - Station - Kings Cross - London - Camden - East Coast Main Line - St Pancras station

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The station serves routes to the North East of the UK, including Cambridge, York, Durham, Newcastle and Edinburgh. King's Cross also incorporates a major Underground station known as King's Cross St. Pancras, which is a major interchange station on the Tube network.

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Cambridge - York - Durham - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Underground - King's Cross St. Pancras

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Three train companies run services into the station:

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• GNER - inter-city services on the East Coast Main Line.
• WAGN - services to Cambridge and King's Lynn, local services to North London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Peterborough.
• Hull Trains - inter-city services to Hull via the East Coast Main Line.

West of King's Cross are, in succession, St Pancras, the new British Library building, and Euston station, all within a few minutes' walk. The present King's Cross Thameslink station is 5 minutes' walk to the east.

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St Pancras - British Library - Euston station - King's Cross Thameslink

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The new London terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link will be within a re-constructed St Pancras. Eurostar trains (to France, not those on loan to GNER) are due to arrive there in 2007 with the completion of Stage Two of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project.

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Channel Tunnel Rail Link - Eurostar - 2007

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Considerable regeneration effort has gone into the area in recent years, with the opening of new hotels and office space under construction.

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