King's Cross (KGX) and St Pancras (STP) are showed as separate stations on the Tube map and in the schedules. However, they are 1 min apart and are open used interchangeable. Are they the same station? Connected?
thanks, Fran
Posted by
US Pacific Northwest
10344 posts
This explains it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station
Posted by
OP
League City, TX, USA
41 posts
Exactly what I needed, great explanation.
thanks so much. Fran
Posted by
US Pacific Northwest
10344 posts
You're welcome, glad to help.
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
King's Cross and St Pancras stations are two different stations, but they are side by side, separated by a pedestrian area and a road.
They share a tube station (called "King's Cross St Pancras").
I don't know where you got the idea "showed as separate stations on the Tube map and in the schedules", there is only one tube station with separate exits for King's Cross and St Pancras.
King's Cross is the terminus for the "East Coast Main Line", and trains go to Cambridge, Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, York, Durham, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
St Pancras is the terminus for the shorter "Midland Main Line", and trains go to Luton (including airport), Bedford, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield. It is also the terminus for Eurostar trains to Paris and Brussels and for High Speed trains to Kent.
They both also serve commuter destinations.
Posted by
Oxford, United Kingdom
5466 posts
It can be argued that St Pancras on its own is four separate stations contained within in one building, not considering the underground (International,.Midland, Thameslink, Southeastern). A far cry from the seemingly dying St Pancras I knew in the 1980s with two trains an hour.