Euston St Pancras railway station
is a proposed station on the future
Crossrail 2
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line in the United Kingdom linking
Hertfordshire
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and north-east London to south-west London and
Surrey
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.
Connections with surrounding stations
The station would be integrated into
Euston and
St. Pancras mainline stations, as well as
Euston Underground station. Access to
King's Cross station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London. It is in the London station group, one of the List of busiest railway stations in ...
, and
King's Cross St Pancras Underground station would be via a short walk through St. Pancras station.
A link has been proposed to
Euston Square
Euston Square is a large square in the London Borough of Camden in Central London. It lies on Euston Road, and Euston railway station and Euston bus station are on its northernmost side. Although “Euston Square” strictly refers to the squ ...
station on the Underground, created as part of Euston's reconstruction for
High Speed 2
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which has been under construction in England since 2019. The line's planned route is between Handsacre – in southern Staffordshire – and London, with a Spur line, branch to Birmingham. HS2 is to ...
.
Location
The platforms are proposed to be under
Somers Town: from just south of the
Eversholt Street and Drummond Crescent junction in the west, to just north of the
British Library
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at Ossulston Street in the east. Entrances to the station are proposed to be the existing entrance to
Euston Underground station, and new entrances at the corner of Eversholt Street and Grafton Place, and inside
St Pancras station
St Pancras railway station (), officially known since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a major central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is the terminus for Eurostar services from Belgium, F ...
, by the
Thameslink
Thameslink is a mainline route on the British railway network, running from , , , , , and via central London to , , , Rainham, , , and . The network opened as a through service in 1988, with severe overcrowding by 1998, carrying more than ...
platforms.
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Construction
Worksites proposed in the 2015 consultation were:[
*north of Grafton Place (including the Travelodge)
*between Doric Way and Drummond Crescent on the east side of Eversholt Street
*between the British Library and Crick Institute
* Euston Square Gardens.
]
References
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Proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line stations