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This GNER train serving Kings Cross is named "White Rose" after the traditional symbol of Yorkshire.

Kings Cross (or King's Cross ) station is a railway station in Kings Cross to the north east of central London, England. It is located in the borough of Islington, and is the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line. It is immediately adjacent to St Pancras station.

The station serves routes to the North East of the UK, including Cambridge, York, Durham, Newcastle and Edinburgh. Kings Cross also incorporates a major Underground station known as King's Cross St. PancrasKing's Cross St. Pancras tube station is the London Underground station serving both King's Cross and St. Pancras stations. It is a main interchange, with platforms on the Victoria, Piccadilly, Northern, Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines., which is a principal interchange station on the Tube network.

The main train operators into the station are:

West of Kings Cross are, in succession, St Pancras, the new British Library building, and Euston station, all within a few minutes' walk. The present King's Cross Thameslink station is 5 minutes' walk to the east.

The new London terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is being built in an area immediately north of Kings Cross and St. Pancras stations. Eurostar trains (to France, not those on loan to GNER) are due to arrive there in 2007, in the second phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project.

Although considerable regeneration effort has gone into the area over recent years, with the opening of new hotels and office space under construction, there is still a significant presence of drug dealers and prostitutes in the surrounding area.



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