Category Archives: Kings Cross Station Refurbishment

Protest planned for the 25th anniversary of the King’s Cross fire

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Clare Hill

This Sunday, 18 November will mark 25 years since a ferocious fire swept up the Piccadilly line escalator at King’s Cross underground station during evening rush hour, killing 31 people in the ticket hall. The Rail Maritime and Transport union … Continue reading →

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Network Rail announces work to demolish old frontage begins

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Sophie Talbot

Network Rail is about to start work on the final phase of the King’s Cross transformation to create a new public square, ready by late 2013. The space currently occupied by the 1970s concourse will be demolished, revealing the Victorian … Continue reading →

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York Way – over £300k S106 money still to be spent locally

Posted on April 23, 2012 by William Perrin

Local people with long memories will remember the campaign to provide a footbridge over the tracks behind Kings Cross at Wharfdale Road in compensation for the closure of the entrance to Platform 1 at that spot.  Instead Network Rail made … Continue reading →

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‘N’ is for King’s Cross

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Clare Hill

The opening of the concourse somehow speeds the ticking clock to reveal the station’s original façade. So some renewed interest in it this week: here it is above, as part of a London alphabet on the delightful Spitalfields Life blog. … Continue reading →

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A peek at the new concourse

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Clare Hill

The “glass pasty”, the “string vest”, the “eyelid” – the western concourse for King’s Cross will not be open for business until next Monday – but it has already acquired a load of nicknames to describe its curved roof and … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross Station refurbishment – long term retrospective

Posted on March 14, 2012 by William Perrin

So Network Rail has almost finished the refurbishment of the station and is merrily PR-ing it.   I was pleased that Tom Edwards at the BBC picked up on our long term work here exposing the cost over runs and … Continue reading →

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Bringing the new Kings Cross Departure Boards to life – that Solari Board sound

Posted on February 10, 2012 by William Perrin

When you follow a search for Kings Cross on twitter you get all sorts of things – party people in Kings Cross Sydney Australia, people heading for Water Rats, trying to find Kings Place, arranging to meet at Nandos, berating … Continue reading →

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How much does Kings Cross station refurbishment cost?

Posted on February 1, 2012 by William Perrin

The extension to Kings Cross station is taking shape on the West side.  As with any new piece of architecture there’s a fair bit of hagiography in the coverage – it mainly boils down to ‘aaaaaaawwwwww, new station, priddy’ or … Continue reading →

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