King's Cross Thameslink railway station
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| Location | Pentonville Road | ||
| Area | Camden | ||
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| Pre-grouping | Metropolitan Railway | ||
| Post-grouping | Network Rail | ||
| Platforms | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| 1863 | Opened as King's Cross Metropolitan | ||
| 1940 | London Underground platforms closed | ||
| 1941 | Renamed King's Cross Midland | ||
| 1979 | Closed at part of the Great Northern Electrification Project | ||
| 1983 | Reopened and renamed King's Cross Midland City as part of the Midland CIty line electrification project | ||
| 1988 | Renamed King's Cross Thameslink | ||
| 9 December 2007 | Closed | ||
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King's Cross Thameslink station was a railway station in central London, which served the Thameslink route. It was replaced by new Thameslink station at St Pancras in 2007. The last operator of the station was First Capital Connect. The site is located on Pentonville Road, approximately 150 m (160 yd) from King's Cross station.
The station occupied part of the original site of the Metropolitan Railway's 1863 King's Cross station. Its original street buildings were a little further west than the later station frontage and, although in poor repair, may still be seen. The Thameslink platforms on the City Widened Lines were separated only by a newer wall from the site of the Underground platforms, which may still be seen on the west side from Underground trains travelling between King's Cross St. Pancras and Farringdon stations.
The two platforms at King's Cross Thameslink were designated A and B, in contrast to the platform numbers used at most other stations. This avoided confusion with the platforms at nearby King's Cross, which may have been regarded as part of the same station complex. A similar situation exists at Waterloo East station, an annexe of London Waterloo.
The Thameslink platforms were linked directly by stairs and a tunnel to the Victoria and Piccadilly line platforms at King's Cross St. Pancras, and via both sets of platforms to the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Northern lines.
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[edit] History
In 1941 the Metropolitan and District services (today's Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith and City line services) were relocated in a new station further west, however the mainline services continued to use the original station until 1979.
In 1983 the station reopened as King's Cross Midland City, which changed its name circa 1988 to King's Cross Thameslink.
In the early hours of 9 December 2007, Kings Cross Thameslink was closed permanently, having been made redundant by the extended St Pancras railway station nearby.
[edit] Closure
In February 2006, the then Transport Secretary Alistair Darling announced additional funding of £63 million in order that work to complete a new Thameslink station could start in the summer of that year, and it was announced in September 2007 that the existing Kings Cross Thameslink station would close on 8 December 2007. The last train was the 23:59 from Haywards Heath, which called at Kings Cross Thameslink at 01:08 on Sunday 9 December 2007. [1] From 9 December 2007, First Capital Connect services started to call at a set of new platforms built underground at St Pancras.[2] The new station, which is located beneath the main station complex, is capable of handling 12-carriage trains and will have sufficient capacity to serve the future Thameslink Programme route (upgraded from the original Thameslink network), and in addition has much better pedestrian links to the mainline platforms at both St Pancras and, in time, King's Cross. However, the increased walking distance to the deep-level London Underground lines means that connections between the deep-level lines and Thameslink take (on average) five minutes longer.[3]
The foot tunnel from Kings Cross St. Pancras tube station to the ticket office of the former Thameslink station is now open 07:00-20:00 Mondays to Fridays to provide extra access to London Underground platforms from Pentonville Road.[4]
[edit] Gallery
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 Looking south along King's Cross Tunnel |
 Foot tunnel |
[edit] References
- ^ First Capital Connect : St Pancras International. http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/.+Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ^ 'New station sets the standard' 10 December 2007
- ^ St Pancras International. First Capital Connect. Retrieved on 23 October 2007.
- ^ King's Cross & St Pancras Upgrade. alwaystouchout.com. Retrieved on 23 October 2007.
[edit] External links
- King's Cross Thameslink railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
- First Capital Connect website
- Information about the Thameslink 2000 work, from Camden Council
- Disused Stations: Kings Cross Thameslink
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