King’s Cross Station

This is an absolutely beautiful station, now that it has been redone.
The train timetable is huge and easy to keep an eye on for your platform to be announced. The platforms are split in 2 different directions from the board, so its best to keep an eye on the boards while you wait.
Eating options are limited to chains like Starbucks and Pret, so its only worth grabbing a coffee or a sandwich for your journey. There is a pub here too, but I’ve never tried it out.
There’s some shopping with Paperchase and clothing outlets. There’s a tiny M&S to pick up some last minute groceries before you head home.
And then of course there’s Platform 9 ¾s. When I first visited London 4 years ago, it was a trolley stuck in the wall on the outside of the station for photo ops. In a year they moved it indoors (towards the Platform 10 – 15) and now they have fancied it up with luggage and an owl cage and there’s a full fledged Harry Potter shop behind it too. The lines seem to be long throughout the day and especially in the evenings. Its pretty deserted on Saturday mornings (8am) though which is when I catch my train from here. So if you just want the photo op, it would be best to visit really early in the morning to save on time.

For you Harry Potter fans, you have to make your way to the King’s Cross Station in Camden Town. Not only is it great to see the huge station, but one can experience taking a picture with the shopping cart Harry Potter pushed onto Platform 9 ¾ to catch the Hogwarts Express. Although, I am not an obsessed Potter fan, I have to admit it was fun to experience and have a photo taken while trying to get to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I recommend visiting King’s Cross station to also take in the vastness and openness of the station; it is an awesome experience.

A major hub for the tube and trains, King’s Cross Station is a huge open airy structure housing the terminals as well as shops and restaurants for travelers on the go. There is a walkway to St. Pancras station which is home to the Eurostar express train. Be sure to stop and see the Harry Potter Platform 9 ¾ display in the open atrium!

Very well-​built structure, wish my train was on the platform 9−¾… ha

¿Qué interés puede tener una estación de trenes y metro si no es por una serie de libros y/​o películas? Creo que ninguno, quitando el uso al que está destinada.
Como edificio arquitectónico es bonita, con una gran cristalera en el techo perfecta para las fotos. Incluso una pareja de novios se estaba haciendo un reportaje y todo, así que no soy la única que piensa que es bonita.
Dividida en varias plantas: en la inferior la estación de metro, en la que puedes encontrar enlaces con las líneas Victoria, Picadilly, Northen, Circule line, Hammersmith & city y Metropolitan; en la planta baja encuentras los andenes de tren; por último, en la superior encuentras la zona de servicios con bares, restaurantes y comida para llevar. Es, por tanto, una estación muy bien comunicada.
El verdadero interés lo encuentras en la planta baja, con el famoso andén 9 ¾ y la tienda correspondiente. Eso sí, para la foto oficial deberás hacer cola.

This is my first visit to Kings Cross Station and I’m very impressed.
Easy access, clean surroundings and excellent signage.
My first trip on Virgin East Coast Rail too, and have been impressed by the ease if finding the platform and the train.
I would have availed myself of the Virgin Trains First Class lounge had I had enough time.
Great first impressions!

This is a large rail station in London. There isn’t much that I can say about King’s Cross that hasn’t already been said.
I would say that overall, the location is pretty central within London. It is a clean, large, and modern rail station with access to the underground and to buses that are nearby. This is a good transit point for anyone going to, or departing from, London.
The platforms are in a good area and it is easy to get from the rail to the tube nice and quickly. The signage is clear and that is a good thing for newbies like myself. I would note that during my trip to London, looking for a toilet in King’s Cross was one of my low points.
The bathrooms are tucked into the right hand corner. And despite crowds waiting in line to use them, it actually costs you 30p to enter and the machine doesn’t make change. This should be changed to a free access bathroom so it can make things easier for travellers.
Overall, I think King’s Cross is a pretty good railway station. There are food and drink options, the place is clearly signed, and the location is centrally located within London.

Stopped in here literally just to see platform 9 ¾ from Harry Potter. Kind of disappointed it didn’t look closer to that of the description from the books and movies, but still a fun thing to do and see and pretty surreal experience. Kind of anti-​climatic but if you love Harry Potter with a passion it’s worth stopping in if you’re in the area.

Beautiful station and lovely and helpful staff. Super clean! Of course station 9 ¾ is located here. I visited to take a photo for my students, but there was a line so long, you would have thought that the Pope was there. So, I caught a glimpse and then left. I wouldn’t mind catching a train from this station in the future.

Estación de trenes y subte de Londres!!! Muy lindo, moderno, grande y limpio!!! La atención de los empleados es muy buena ya que si sos turista te puedes perder y ellos te orientan muy amablemente

This station really seems to be at the center of London. They really try to make this station appealing to the eye. They train scedual is easy to follow and the stations are pretty clean.

King’s Cross is a major London railway terminus which opened in 1852 on the northern edge of central London.
King’s Cross is the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, providing high speed inter-​city services to Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland. Virgin Trains East Coast is the main inter-​city operator with destinations including Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh. Other inter-​city operators serving the station include First Hull Trains and Grand Central.
King’s Cross is also a terminus for Great Northern which provides commuter services to North London, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Immediately to the west across Pancras Road is St Pancras International, the London terminus of Eurostar services to continental Europe. The two stations share King’s Cross St. Pancras tube station on the London Underground network and taken together form one of Britain’s biggest transport hubs.
The station is also only around half a mile from Euston, the southern terminus for the West Coast Main Line.

Busy central station with the Harry Potter 9 ¾ stop there.

I don’t have any experiences with trains under my belt, so I don’t have anything to compare this station to. I know that it was crowded, and I know we needed to hunt down an information booth to figure out the departures board, but once we understood what we needed to do, we were fine.
The station itself was clean and wide open, which made it easy to get around those slow-​moving people who always seem to be in front of me. Once our train’s platform showed up on the board, we were able to easily navigate our way there, following all the signs that were posted above us.
There were several different shops within the station, as well. You could buy everything from coffee and pastries to toiletries and books. In addition, they kept the space clean, which I imagine isn’t very easy to do, with all the people passing through every hour.
I really had no complaints as far as this station goes. Maybe it’d be different if I had to commute through here every day, though.

King’s Cross is my favourite rail station in London. The ceiling is absolutely beautiful when you enter, with the arches (or the bits that curve along the ceiling) all bathed in blue light, and is in stark contrast to the rather stern exterior (the grey box which marks King’s Cross Square springs to mind).
I don’t tend to spend too much time in here as I usually arrive with just about enough time to grab breakfast from Pret and then jump on my train, but, on the odd occasion there has been a delay on my train, I’ve found there’s plenty to do in and around the station. For instance, Noble Espresso and Caravan in Granary Square are a short walk away if you’re looking for a great coffee fix (the former being that little bit closer if the delay isn’t great). There are also nice shops such as Oliver Bonas and Paperchase, both of which are really useful if you need to grab small gifts or cards for any special occasion.
In terms of food, I don’t think there’s too much in the station itself. As I’ve mentioned earlier, I usually head to Pret (take the side queues, not the middle, as there are more cashiers serving the side queues) and grab a Bircher muesli for a nice healthy breakfast fix before jumping on my train.
If you’re suffering from any sort of mobility issues, this station isn’t too bad other than the fact that it is often very crowded. There are lifts which can get you from
one level to another, but, given the size of the station and the distance from the rail platforms to the tube platforms, there’s still a fair amount of walking to do. I didn’t have any difficulty when carrying my cabin luggage with me, although I did find the distance rather tiring as I was already exhausted.

Easy to navigate with a First Class Lounge! Platforms are announced 15 minutes prior to departure, so no need to get there too early.

I hold a special place in my heart for King’s Cross Station thanks to those magical Harry Potter books. Ever since I was a young girl reading about slipping through the barrier, I’ve loved it.
As I got older, the logical part of my brain rationalised that it’s just a station. It’s probably dirty, filled with pigeons and has no connection to Hogwarts so I should just get over it.
But then I got even older and realised that child-​me was right and teenager-​me was a cynical fool. King’s Cross is amazing!
It has basically everything you could ever want. More shops than even Bluewater, tucked away in little brick crevices all along the walls, protected from the elements by glass fronts. I’ve got everything from balloons to anniversary presents here and it has NEVER let me down.
But much more than just shops are it’s ridiculous connections. It has trains that are part of the Underground. Trains that take you to airports, and foreign countries and YES. Even a platform 9 ¾. Suck on that, cynical me! Anywhere you want to go, King’s Cross will help you and if it can’t? St Pancras is basically the same thing.
The child in me wants to say though, that the best part of this station is the aforementioned Platform 9 ¾. You can have your picture taken flying through the barriers with your trolley and then head to the shop next door to buy your wand, phone cases, time turners, robes, the lot. MAGICAL.
Obviously there’s more to it than just a mecca for Harry Potter fans… ah hem. It also boasts a wide array of restaurants so it’s perfect if you need somewhere to eat quickly, it has foreign exchange booths (though they don’t change Krona, much to my chagrin) and it’s not dirty at all, thanks to the dozens and dozens of friendly staff that spend hours sweeping up the discarded Starbucks cups and Patisserie Valerie cake boxes.
This is my favourite station in the whole of London. Bar none. And I’ll always make a trip there on September 1^st just in case my letter DID get lost in the owl post. You live in hope to the bitter end.

If I’m not mistaken, this is a pretty busy station. Tons of people hustling and bustling. Whether it’s for the tube, rail or the Hogwarts Express, it’s quiet overwhelming actually. Nonetheless, this is a main attraction amongst Harry Potter lovers and tourists!

This Review is for the Kings Cross Transport link and not just for the Station. I transit through Kings Cross Underground Everyday. I have used Kings Cross Station few times and St Pancras once when we visited Paris. Kings Cross Station is a huge complex with three seamlessly interconnected train stations –The Underground Lines (Six lines are available here Metropolitan, Northern, Hammersmith & City, Circle, Piccadilly & Victoria) for Travel within London, The National rail station for trains out of London and St Pancras for Trains (Eurostar) to the continent. You can also get to the major airports directly from Kings Cross — to Gatwick and Luton by National Rail and to Heathrow using Heathrow Express. I believe that you can reach the City and Stansted from Kings Cross easily with a single change.
There was a major rejuvenation project last year and the Kings cross Square was re-​built which has resulted in creation of a large public square with space for festive markets and events. The whole place is now transformed.
There are many entrances to the station and is laid out efficiently and sign-​posted for assisting the customers. There are manned booths and automatic vending machines for tickets. There are number of options for light snacks and food/​drinks within the station complex and tons of options outside. Multiple bus stops and taxi ranks bang outside helps the weary traveller after a long commute.
Kings Cross is quite near to Euston Station, another major London Travel hub. It can be walked to if you enjoy walking and are not carrying heavy luggage. It’s around 10 – 15 mins away. The popular Hot spot of Angel/​Islington is also 15 mins away (on the opposite direction). Granary Square is near by which has few good restaurants and leads to the Regents Canal. In fact, if you follow the Canal it will lead you to Angel, I sometimes take this route.
Four stars only because I couldn’t find a loo in the tube station. Big problem after a night out drinking and you end up in Kings Cross to take your train!

Après votre trajet de 2h de Bruxelles à Londres, vous arrivez ici, à la gare de King’s Cross. Très belle gare avec une architecture lumineuse.
Cette gare vous offre beaucoup de magasins à peine votre arrivée à Londres, de quoi dépenser, mais aussi se rassasier. Il y a également l’activité de la voie 9 ¾ pour les fans inconditionnels d’Harry Potter!

I think they’ve still got some work to do, but wow has this station come along! I’m so pleased to see the new grand entrance that is suitably gorgeous for such an iconic station… I think back to how it was and I practically shudder, it was deserving of the low reviews in the past years. (The state of the station was nearly unacceptable given it’s standing as one of the primary hubs into central London… grim doesn’t cover it!)
Now you’ve got a great open entrance filled with shops of different varieties (Wasabi, Leon, Little Waitrose, Starbucks, Kiehls, Boots, Paperchase, at least one pub, etc.), and it’s clean and pseudo organised with a decent number of places to pick-​up tickets which is probably the most you can ask for in regards to a station. Would I love a few indie pubs or eateries inside? Naturally, but it’s still a train station in the end so it’s definitely well stocked for what it is.
The taxi situation outside can still lead to a bit confusion, oddly when it’s less busy in my experience as some people will queue where your’e supposed to while others will just grab the taxis prior to the queue… not as much of an issue when it’s slammed though, which is most of the time. Hopefully you’ll be able to take the tube and avoid the chaos that is London taxi rides however! If that’s the case then you’re well connected and can get to the tube without too much of a fuss all things considered.
I believe they’re going to work on adding some shops at the exit side of things, which used to be the old entrance actually, if they haven’t already… I criminally haven’t noticed despite going through constantly, but they’ve already gotten miles ahead of what they have had over recent years… I just hope they make good use of that space, which based join the current work I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t.
The only thing I don’t love with the change is the moving of Platform 9 ¾, but at least it’s still there for fans to ogle if they so desire.
So good work King’s Cross, you’ve certainly cleaned up well!

I usually would never write a review of a train station, but this is akin to Grand Central, it’s iconic and a sight to see of it’s own (much of that is due to my love of Harry Potter). There are plenty of shops and restaurants inside and it has the always fun Platform 9 ¾ from the Harry Potter books, which is an attraction in and of itself. King’s Cross functions very well as a train station and we had no problems using the tube or the regular trains. Definitely a nice station!

I’ve lived in London for long enough to remember the fire … at long last King’s Cross has been reinvented and no longer reminds me of the old station. The ceiling is almost worth a special trip, the ticket hall no longer feels like a depressing train station. And they even made the forecourt look attractive — a miracle!
They moved Platform 9 ¾ to a more visible location (I actually preferred it when you stumbled across it by chance around a dodgy corner) and tourists are queuing every day to have their pictures taken — including a Harry Potter scarf generously draped around your neck by one of the staff. You have to hand it back, but they are for sale in the nearby gift shop …
Mind you, the main reason you’d come to King’s Cross is to change between tube and train lines — I think this station serves the furthest destinations as trains to Scotland leave from here. Strictly speaking the Eurostar doesn’t, but St Pancras is just across the road.

King’s Cross ist ein wirklich zentraler U Bahn Bahnhof im Tube Netz und mit vielen Linie sehr gut erreichbar.
Besonders hervorheben möchte ich die sehr hilfsbereite Auskunft am nordende des Bahnhofs. Dort kann man nicht nur Tickets kaufen, sondern auch gleich Eintrittskarten für Sehenswürdigkeiten wie das London Eye mit ca. 10 Prozent Rabatt kaufen.

Belle station qui peut dérouter par son accès: on entre dans une galerie marchande, qui ouvre sur la gare. Tout est bien expliqué, je pensais galérer un peu pour trouver mon chemin et ça a été facile du début à la fin.
Beaucoup de monde, mais rien d’anormal vu qu’on est dans un lieu de transit.
J’avais lu que le métro londonnien est parfois difficile à comprendre, il en est tout autre chose: beaucoup plus simple que le métro de Paris. Même un enfant en comprendrait le fonctionnement, les lignes sont définies par le nom des stations les plus importantes, et on choisi de quel côté on veut aller. Simplissime!!!
Il est recommandé de prendre une Travel Card si vous né voulez pas vous ruiner dans les transports qui sont littéralement hors de prix (mais super propres: pas une poubelle dans les stations, mais pas un papier par terre. C’est agréable!).

Da der Bahnhof gerade ausgebaut wurde war hier ziemlich viel los.
Meine Freundin als Harry Potter Fan musste sich vor dem Bahnhof mit einem extra für Touristen angefertigten Gleis 9 ¾ zufrieden stellen. Im Bahnhof sind Fotos unerwünscht, als wir fotografiert haben kam gleich das Sicherheitspersonal angerannt.

Die totale TOURISTENFALLE!
Wer als Harry Potter– Fan kommt um Gleis 9 ¾ zu sehen wird total enttäuscht. Die einzige Säule zwischen Gleis 9 und Gleis 10 ist ein popeliger Edelstahlaufsteller. Im Bahnhof erinnert auch nur noch das Deckengewölbe an den Film. Zu dem Zeitpunkt, als wir da waren, war fast der ganze Bahnhof eine einzige Baustelle: Modernisierungsmaßnahmen
Draußen auf dem Bahnhofsvorplatz ist eine Plastikverkleidung angebracht die der Säule aus dem Film ähneln soll und ein halber Gepäckwagen ist daran befestigt.
Dafür lohnt es sich echt nicht in der stickigen Tube durch halb London zu gurken.

Sehr übersichtlicher Plan. schnelle Verbindungen. Aber für große Menschen wird es etwas Eng in der Bahn wenn man stehen muss.

King’s Cross ist ein Fernbahnhof in der nördlichen Mitte Londons, nicht weit von den Bahnhöfen St. Pancras International und Euston. Von hier aus fahren Züge in den Norden, unter anderem nach Cambridge, Ely, York, Hull, Newcastle, Sunderland und Edinburgh.
Die Endbahnhöfe wurden im vorletzten Jahrhundert alle nördlich hinter der Euston Road gebaut, da der Grundbesitz südlich einer reichen Familie gehörte, welche keine stinkenden Fernzüge auf ihrem Grund und Boden wollte. Wenige Jahrhunderte später erstickt Londons Underground jeden Tag in den Massen von Pendlern und Touristen — Parallelen zu Stuttgart 21 darf jeder selbst ziehen…
Das Reisezentrum sowie die Automaten werden von East Coast betrieben, einem Bahnunternehmen, welchem aufgrund von Verlusten der Mutterkonzern National Express 2009 den Geldhahn zudrehte und das daher notverstaatlicht wurde. Man kann an den Automaten vorher gebuchte Fahrscheine abholen oder Fahrscheine ausschließlich für die sofortige Abreise kaufen. Die Automaten nehmen große Scheine zwar an, aber man muss damit rechnen, viele 1-​Pfund-​Münzen ausgespuckt zu bekommen. Auch nach Dienstschluss gibt es einen etwas versteckten Nachtschalter für Fahrkarten. Ticketschranken sind erst dieses Jahr eingebaut worden.
Ein großes Shopping-​Erlebnis gibt es hier nicht, da ein großer Teil des Bahnhofes immer noch eine Baustelle ist. Dafür sollte man auf den benachbarten Bahnhof St. Pancras International ausweichen. Aber alle wichtigen Einrichtungen gibt es, inklusive Kiosk, Burger King und (kostenpflichtigen) Toiletten.

Ich war diesen Mai zufällig im King’s Cross als Harry Potter Teil 7 gedreht wurde. Das war natürlich echt aufregend bei den Dreharbeiten zuzusehen. Komischerweise, haben kaum Menschen davon mitbekommen und sind alle geschäftig an den Gleisen, wo gedreht wurde, vorbeigelaufen. Ich wäre auch beinahe daran vorbeigelaufen, hätte mich nicht eine freundliche Mitarbeiterin, die ich nach Gleis 9 fragte, darauf aufmerksam gemacht.
Ich finde King’s Cross ist ein sehr schöner Bahnhof, aber wenn man nicht zufällig einen Zug ab dort nehmen muss oder als Harry Potter Leser Gleis 9 sehen möchte, muss man nicht hin.

Ein MUSS für alle Harry Potter Fans!
Schaut euch den berühmten Bahnhof an, an dem Harry und seine Freunde die Zug nach Hogwarts nehmen.
Sehr schönes Gebäude!
Es gibt zwar auch ein Gleis 9 ¾, den haben die aber nicht an der Originalstelle aus dem Film aufgebaut.