Monday 19th March will see the biggest transformation in the 160-year history of King’s Cross station with the opening to the public of the new western concourse.
The shell-shaped glass and steel building provides three times the space of the current station concourse with better facilities, new links with the Tube, better links to St Pancras station, more shops and restaurants, larger destination boards and clearer station announcements.
From next Monday, passengers leaving on trains from King’s Cross will need to enter the station from the new building on the western side of the Grade 1 listed station.
There are entrances to the concourse direct from the Tube and for pedestrians from Euston Road, Pancras Road and via new arcades on the ground floor of the Great Northern Hotel.
Ian Fry, Network Rail’s programme director for the new station, said:
“It’s just a few days to go before we usher in a new era for King’s Cross and everything is on track and looking good.
“I’m sure that regular users of the current station will be very pleased with the new concourse when it opens, but I’d encourage everyone to pick up one of the station maps we’re giving out this week and take a moment to consider their best route through their new station.”
