KINGS CROSS THAMESLINK

12th December 2007

The original Metropolitan Railway station at King's Cross was closed in 1941 when a replacement station (Kings Cross St Pancras) was opened nearer to the main line termini.
The station lay unused until 1983 when the former City Widened Lines platforms were reopened as Kings Cross Midland City. A new wall separated the reopened platforms from the Metropolitan platforms which remained disused. The station was later renamed Kings Cross Thameslink. Closure came on 9th December 2007 when a replacement station beneath St Pancras International opened. The booking hall and entrance on Pentonville Road has passed to London Underground to provide an alternative entrance to Kings Cross St Pancras Underground station.

The station frontage which retains signage in the corporate style of the former Thameslink TOC. 1st December 2007.	Underground, National Rail and First Capital Connect logos on the station front. 1st December 2007.	The station entrance after transfer to London Underground. 13th February 2008.	The ticket office. 4th November 2005.
The concourse and ticket gates. 1st December 2007.	Mural on the concourse. 4th November 2005.	The other end of the concourse mural showing intertwined BR and LUL symbols. 4th November 2005.	The mural had been covered over by 1st December 2007.
A countdown clock installed by First Capital Connect to publicise the station's closure. 1st December 2007.	The footbridge seen from the concourse. 1st December 2007.	The platform entrances closed off after transfer of the station to London Underground. 13th February 2008.	The northbound platform and footbridge. 1st December 2007.
Platform view looking south with the subway to the Underground station on the right. 31st January 2006.	Platform view looking north. 1st December 2007.	A First Capital Connect service calling at the northbound platform. 1st December 2007.	General view looking north from the southern end of platform A. The disused Metropolitan Line platforms are behind the wall on the left. 1st December 2007.
The platforms looking south. 1st December 2007.	Blind arcading on platform A. 1st December 2007.	More blind arcading at the southern end of platform A. 1st December 2007.	Station nameboard. 1st December 2007.
Station nameboard. 31st January 2006.	Station nameboard. 31st January 2006.	The original Metropolitan Railway entrance building survives as a row of shops. 13th February 2008.	The Pentonville Road side of the old station building. 13th February 2008.
Part of the old entrance building is apparently still in use by the Underground. 13th February 2008.

Mapping images used on this site produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.