St. Pancras

St. Pancras International, often known as London St Pancras or St Pancras International, is a central London train terminal on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. Eurostar services from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands to London terminate here. The station was built by the Midland Railway (MR), which had a large rail network in the Midlands and North of England but no direct connection into London. Following train traffic issues caused by the 1862 International Exhibition, the MR decided to construct a route from Bedford to London with its own station.

St Pancras is located in the London Borough of Camden, on a site that is deeper than it is broad and is oriented north-south. The south is bounded by Euston Road (part of the London Inner Ring Road), with the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel as its frontage, while the west is bounded by Midland Road, which separates it from the British Library, and the east is bounded by Pancras Road, which separates it from King's Cross station. The train shed is elevated 5 meters above street level behind the hotel, and the space below comprises the station undercroft, which houses the majority of the shops and restaurants, as well as the Eurostar departure lounge.

Eurostar's lengthier international platforms continue into Barlow's train shed, whereas the other platforms cease at the southern end of the 2005 addition. The international platforms do not span the whole width of the Barlow train shed, and portions of the floor have been opened up to let natural light to enter the new ground-level concourse below. The Eurostar arrival and departure lounges are located beneath these platforms, close to The Arcade, a concourse fashioned from the historic station undercroft that spans the length of the Barlow train shed on the western side. The Arcade's southern end connects to the western ticket hall of King's Cross St Pancras tube station.

Location: London, England