King's Cross railway station in London opened in 1852 as the southern terminus of the Great Northern Railway, designed by the architect Lewis Cubitt with a plain brick facade dominated by twin arched train sheds and a central clock tower, a deliberately restrained design in contrast to the ornate Gothic frontage of the neighboring St Pancras station. A major renovation completed in 2012 added a semicircular departures concourse to the station's western side, covered by a lattice steel and glass roof engineered with the firm Arup and designed by the architects John McAslan and Partners, opening up a public square in front of the original Cubitt facade for the first time in over a century. The station is also known for the fictional Platform Nine and Three-Quarters from the Harry Potter novels, marked today by a sign and luggage trolley installation that draws visitors.
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Completed YearSource gives the year of opening; the completion year is taken to be the same and is not separately stated. Building Type LocationLondon Borough of Camden, London, England 1 Building Type
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1. London King's Cross railway station, Wikipedia
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London King's Cross railway station, a mainline terminus in London King's Cross St Pancras tube station, a London Underground station King's Cross Thameslink railway station, a disused railway station in London
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The station was opened in King's Cross in 1852 by the Great Northern Railway on the northern edge of Central London to accommodate the East Coast Main Line.
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