Open · since 1863
Why is it called King's Cross St Pancras?
MetropolitanNorthernPiccadillyCircleVictoriaHammersmith & City
Where the name comes from
King's Cross comes from a monument to King George IV that stood from 1830 to 1845 at the crossroads of New Road, Gray's Inn Road and Pentonville Road; the area was earlier called Battle Bridge. St Pancras is the name of the parish and of the neighbouring terminus.
Worth knowing: The 1987 King's Cross fire killed 31 people and led to safety changes across the network.
Where it is
See King's Cross St Pancras on the interactive map, 1863 to today
Next stations
- Circle Euston Square
- Circle Farringdon
- Hammersmith & City Euston Square
- Hammersmith & City Farringdon
- Metropolitan Euston Square
- Metropolitan Farringdon
- Northern Angel
- Northern Euston
- Piccadilly Caledonian Road
- Piccadilly Russell Square
- Victoria Euston
- Victoria Highbury & Islington
At a glance
- Opened
- 1863
- Status
- Open
- Lines
- Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Circle, Victoria, Hammersmith & City
- Fare zone
- 1
- Local authority
- Camden
- Earlier names
- King's Cross [Metropolitan]: 1863–1925; King's Cross & St. Pancras [Metropolitan]: 1925–1933; King's Cross [Piccadilly]: 1906–1927; King's Cross for St. Pancras [Piccadilly]: 1927–1933; King's Cross for St. Pancras [Northern]: 1907–1933
Sources
Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.
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