St. Pancras International Train Station, London, UK

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St. Pancras International Train Station, originally uploaded by Jim Boud.

St Pancras railway station (since 2007 also known as St Pancras International) is a central London railway terminus situated in the United Kingdom that is celebrated for its Victorian architecture. The Grade I listed building stands on Euston Road in St Pancras, London, between the British Library, King’s Cross station and the Regent’s Canal.
It was opened in 1868 by the Midland Railway as the southern terminus of that company’s Midland Main Line, arriving from the East Midlands and Yorkshire.
At the time of opening, the arched Barlow train shed was the largest single-span roof in the world.
After avoiding demolition in the 1960s, the complex was renovated and expanded during the 2000s at a cost of £800 million with a ceremony attended by the Queen and extensive publicity introducing it as a public space.
A security-sealed terminal area was constructed for Eurostar services to Continental Europe—via High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel—along with provisions made for domestic connections to the north and south of England. The restored station houses fifteen platforms, a shopping centre and bus station, in addition to London Underground services from King’s Cross St Pancras tube station. St Pancras is owned by London and Continental Railways along with the adjacent urban regeneration area known as King’s Cross Central.

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