King’s Cross Station Railway Station, London

A small village named Battle Bridge existed where the New Road (Eastern Road) and Pentonville Road met in 1756. Later the King’s Cross name replaced Battle Bridge which refers to short-lives monument which had been erected in 1836 to honor the late King George VI, but dismantled only nine years later.

King’s Cross Station dates from the mid-period of railway arrivals in London during the nineteenth century. King’s Cross station, designed by Lewis Cubitt, was opened on 14 October 1852 as the terminus for the Great Northern Railway; it was then the largest station in the country.

The Midland Railway used it as well until St Pancreas Station opened in 1868.

For the first ten years, the main King’s Cross Station had only two platform set against the outer walls.

Passenger would enter the building via the booking hall on the western side and pass through to the departures platform, while arriving trains pulled up on the opposite side of the station where travelers would find a waiting cab ready to take to their destination.

The Italianate station hotel, also designed by Cubitt, was opened in 1854 in the curved corner of Euston and Pancreas roads, west of the station.

Towards the end of the 19th nearly King’s Cross was handling about 250 trains daily.
King’s Cross Station Railway Station, London