Comments on: St Pancras Railway Station

By: SpedAngel

SpedAngel — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:02:52 +0000

I can’t believe you’re posting images of St. Pancras station and yet you fail to mention the fantastic building located directly next door to the west–that of the British Library, quite possibly the most significant research library in the world! Opened in 1997, the library itself was founded in 1973, although the original collection (which was gathered by a number of king’s but most notably expanded by King George III) has been in existence since the 1400s. The original collection has been housed in such notable places as St. James’s Palace, Montagu House (the original site of the British Museum), and more recently at the location of the current British Museum. (Since its removal from the British Museum, the room dedicated to the King’s Library has been renovated and is now known as the Enlightenment Gallery.) Not only is it an important research facility but it is an incredible resource for historical and archival purposes which the country is currently taking for granted. Budget cuts may force the library to charge fees for its services, which are currently free to all academic users. Plus, I spend a good deal of time there myself, so I of course feel it is of particular importance and should definitely be featured here soon!

By: Jel

Jel — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:50:04 +0000

I was looking at the run to the Old Oak Common service depot – they’ve upgraded two lines to the north of St Paininthe@rse, one round the back of Camden Town, across the foot of Parliament Hill fields, under Hampstead, then straight across Terrorist country (Kilburn and the back-end of Wormwood Scrubs were the London bombers worked from) to Old Oak Common, the other joining the Euston mainline before rejoining the first at Willesden Junction. The odd thing about that one is that there’s no overhead catenaries un the last leg, so perhaps it’s the feeder to the North, in which case you’ve got to change at Kings Cross if you’re on the North-East line.

By: Oliver Jackson

Oliver Jackson — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:37:00 +0000

The train shed really is very, very big: http://www.flickr.com/photos/olly/1518224814/

By: Cookie monster

Cookie monster — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:01:34 +0000

I was here only yesterday – i notice they are planning an ‘exclusive’ apartment in the Hotel renovation. Its a snip at £10m! I’ll take two!