St Pancras railway station
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Summary
St Pancras railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.0054% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,187 views/month, #1 of 18,574).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: London Borough of Camden[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: transport hub[5], dead-end railway station[6], border train station[7], station located on surface[8], underground station[9]
- Connecting line: High Speed 1[10], Midland Main Line[11], Thameslink[12]
- Architect: George Gilbert Scott[13], William Henry Barlow[14]
- Owned by: London and Continental Railways[15]
- Operator: Network Rail[16]
- Named after: St Pancras[17]
- Architectural style: Gothic Revival[18]
- Adjacent station: Stratford International railway station[19], Farringdon station[20], Kentish Town station[21], Finsbury Park railway station[22], Lille-Europe railway station[23]
- Part of: London station group[24], St Pancras Station and former Midland Grand Hotel[25]
- Commons category: St Pancras railway station[26]
- Has part(s): King's Cross St Pancras tube station[27]
- Inception: 1868[28]
- Located on linear feature: St Pancras to Chesterfield Line, St Pancras to Bedford[29]
- Interchange station: Euston Station[30], London King's Cross railway station[31], King's Cross St Pancras tube station[32]
- Official website: http://stpancras.com/[33]
- Number of platform tracks: 15[34]
- Connecting service: Eurostar[35]
- Replaces: Waterloo International railway station[36]
- Heritage designation: Grade I listed building[37]
- Date of official opening: October 1, 1868[38]
- Native label: St Pancras railway station[39]
- Elevation above sea level: 28 m[40]
- Wikidata usage instructions: Use King's Cross St Pancras tube station for the London Underground station[41], 伦敦地铁车站请使用Q826120[42], 倫敦地鐵車站請使用Q826120[43]
Why It Matters
St Pancras railway station has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]