Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: St. Pancras

St. Pancras and King's Cross are literally across the street from each other, separated only by Pancras Road, which is really a narrow side street. The Great Northern Hotel is wedged between King's Cross and the street. The main street serving all three, Euston Road, is out of the frame to the left.

Here's the St. Pancras Station frontage, which is really the Midland Hotel. This was a white elephant until fairly recently, as it originally had been built without plumbing, central heat, or other modern features, and had cost far too much money. When St. Pancras was rebuilt for the Eurostar, the hotel was also modernized and reopened.

Here's the St. Pancras trainshed, constructed in 1867 (although the station didn't open until 1868).

This was after arrival at St. Pancras International. This station was thoroughly renovated in 2004-2007 to accomodate the Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, after many years of Eurostar services using the old South Eastern Railway Mainline from London Waterloo. This renovation received international attention, even in America, as St. Pancras for years had been a very second-rate station traffic-wise, even if the building, trainshed, and hotel frontage were spectacular.

This is yet another shot of the spectacularly restored, and originally spectacular, London Saint Pancras Station, now St. Pancras International. That trainshed must have been one of the bigger jobs, as I remember when it was caked in soot back in the 1990's.