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__NOTOC__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:
- GNER - Inter-city services on the East Coast Main Line.
- WAGNWagn is a franchise operator of commuter train services out of London Kings Cross and Moorgate stations. Services Outer Suburban services run from Kings Cross to Peterborough, Cambridge and Kings Lynn. Inner Suburban trains run from Kings Cross and Moorga (West Anglia Great Northern), shuttle services to Cambridge and King's LynnKing's Lynn is a medium-sized town in Norfolk, England on the River Great Ouse. It is part of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district. In the 12th century, it was part of the manor of the Bishop of Norwich. When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1, local services to North London, HertfordshireHertfordshire (pronounced 'Hartfordshire' and abbreviated as 'Herts') is an inland county, officially part of the East of England Government region. It is one of the Home Counties. Hertfordshire is located to the north of Greater London, and much of the c, BedfordshireBedfordshire (abbreviated Beds is a county in England. Its county town is Bedford. It borders on the ceremonial counties of Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with Milton Keynes), and Hertfordshire. Luton was part of Bedfordshire until 199 and PeterboroughThis is about the English city of Peterborough. For other uses, see Peterborough (disambiguation). Peterborough is a city in Cambridgeshire, in the east of England. Along with surrounding towns it forms a Peterborough unitary authority. The Romans first e.
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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