St Pancras Railway Station, London

St Pancras Station
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St Pancras Railway Station is the station in the St Pancras area of central London. It is located between the new British Library building to the west and King's Cross station to the east. St Pancras is the southern terminus of the Midland Main Line, and is the main departure point from London for services to the East Midlands, via Leicester to Sheffield and other parts of Yorkshire.

St Pancras is often called the "Cathedral of the railways". It includes two of the most famous structures built in Britain of the Victorian era. The main train shed which was completed 1868 by the engineer William Henry Barlow was the largest single-span structure ever built up to that time.

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In front of it is St Pancras Chambers, formerly the Midland Grand Hotel (1868-77), one of the most impressive examples of Victorian gothic architecture. It was designed by architect George Gilbert Scott and incorporates features from a variety of periods and countries. Scott had taken on this eclectic approach in the anticipation that a new genre would emerge. Presently access to it is by tour only.

St Pancras is the terminus for the Eurostar trains on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. It will be called the High Speed 1/HS1. Services started on 14 November 2007.

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