St Pancras railway station

St Pancras railway station (/ˈpæŋkrəs/), also known as London St Pancras or St Pancras International and officially since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is the terminus for Eurostar services from Belgium, France and the Netherlands to London. It provides East Midlands Railway services to Leicester, Corby, Derby, Sheffield and Nottingham on the Midland Main Line, Southeastern high-speed trains to Kent via Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International, and Thameslink cross-London services to Bedford, Cambridge, Peterborough, Brighton, Horsham and Gatwick Airport. It stands between the British Library, the Regent's Canal and London King's Cross railway station, with which it shares a London Underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

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St Pancras
London St Pancras International
View from Euston Road
St Pancras Location of St Pancras in Central London
Location	St Pancras
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	Network Rail (High Speed) for HS1 Ltd[1] Eurostar[2] Network Rail (Thameslink and Midland Main Line service platforms)
Owner	HS1 Ltd
Station code	STP, SPX, QQS (IATA)
DfT category	A (mainline platforms) C1 (Thameslink platforms)
Number of platforms	15
Accessible	Yes[3]
Fare zone	1
OSI	King's Cross St Pancras London King's Cross London Euston [4]
Cycle parking	Yes – external (in car park)
Toilet facilities	Yes
National Rail annual entry and exit
2017–18	34.622 million[5]
– interchange	4.393 million[5]
2018–19	35.984 million[5]
– interchange	4.518 million[5]
2019–20	36.040 million[5]
– interchange	4.777 million[5]
2020–21	6.363 million[5]
– interchange	0.926 million[5]
2021–22	18.995 million[5]
– interchange	2.878 million[5]
Railway companies
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1868[6]	Opened as terminus for Midland
15 July 2006	New domestic (Midland Main Line) platforms opened
6 November 2007	Relaunched by HM The Queen/Elizabeth II. Renamed London St Pancras International
14 November 2007	Eurostar services transferred from London Waterloo International
9 December 2007	Low-level Thameslink platforms opened
13 December 2009	Southeastern high-speed domestic services introduced
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°31′48″N 00°07′31″W
London transport portal

The station was constructed by the Midland Railway (MR), which had an extensive rail network across the Midlands and the North of England, but no dedicated line into London. After rail traffic problems following the 1862 International Exhibition, the MR decided to build a connection from Bedford to London with its own terminus. The station was designed by William Henry Barlow and constructed with a single-span iron roof. Following the station's opening on 1 October 1868, the MR constructed the Midland Grand Hotel on the station's façade, which has been widely praised for its architecture and is now a Grade I listed building along with the rest of the station.

In the late 1960s, plans were made to demolish St Pancras entirely and divert services for King's Cross and Euston, leading to fierce opposition. The complex underwent an £800 million refurbishment to become the terminal for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link/High-Speed 1/HS1 as part of an urban regeneration plan across East London, which was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 2007. A security-sealed terminal area was constructed for Eurostar services to mainland Europe via High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel, with platforms for domestic trains to the north and south-east of England. The restored station has 15 platforms, a shopping centre, and a coach facility. London St Pancras International is owned by HS1 Ltd and managed by Network Rail (High Speed), a subsidiary of Network Rail.