Category Archives: Kings Cross Station Refurbishment

Kings Cross square stubbornly scruffy

Posted on October 31, 2009 by William Perrin

Sean Muray of Albion Buildings is making small steps to get the shabby square at the front of Kings Cross improved. He has done great job to get bins installed, only to be removed by the council.  Sean writes: 'The … Continue reading →

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Now, does anyone have Banksy’s mobile number?!

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Sophie Talbot

Click on the image below to enlarge this excellent letter from Cllr Paul Braithwaite of LB Camden to the Islington Tribune.

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Emily of Islington spearheads community concerns

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Sophie Talbot

Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury, has taken the case made by community campaigners against the so-called business case study for Battlebridge Crossing (aka the Wharfdale Road bridge) directly to LB Islington. In a letter to the Islington and … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross – over budget, running late, unfinished today and in 1852

Posted on June 19, 2009 by William Perrin

It's a railway project over budget, the Chairman is grovelling to shareholders for extra money, it's weeks late, the project is accused of extravagance it has to open without ceremony in an unfinished building.  Sound familiar? Well it's 1852 and … Continue reading →

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Down, But Not Out! The Saga of Our Footbridge Over the Tracks Continues.

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Stephan Schulte

For some time there has been an ongoing campaign led by local resident Sophie Talbot to stop Network Rail's closure of the rear entrance to King's Cross station without providing alternative, easy access to the new station entrance that will … Continue reading →

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English Heritage and King’s Cross

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Stephan Schulte

Friday 15 May TV viewing BBC2 (9-10PM) Chris F. of Albert Dock brought this to my attention and I thought it was worth passing on.  The last episode in the the English Heritage programme on BBC2 this Friday night will be about the re-development of King's … Continue reading →

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Final closure of north eastern access to King’s Cross Station

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Sophie Talbot

Join us on a short vigil to mark the end of over 150 years of access to and across the station at the junction of Wharfdale Road and York Way. Network Rail are to permanently remove this access on Friday. … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross Access via Wharfdale Road entrance – closure date

Posted on April 15, 2009 by William Perrin

If you enjoy the dry, safe, well-lit walk up Platform One out of the top of the station onto York Way for Macmillan or the Guardian, or just to get home then Friday 24 April will be your last chance.  … Continue reading →

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