St. Pancras is the station I use when travelling to and from London, with an occasional switch across to King’s Cross which sits literally next door if the timetables dictate.
It’s a grand old structure dating to Victorian times and consists of the railway station itself as well as a large hotel. The station was thoroughly modernised in the 1990s and now also serves as the international terminus for Eurostar trains to Europe via the Channel Tunnel, giving the place a feel not dissimilar to an airport in some ways. I’ve never travelled on Eurostar, so am not sure if the international terminal has duty free shops and similar as that part of the station is not accessible to regular travellers.
I remember travelling to St. Pancras before it was upgraded and it was a much more utilitarian affair. Where now you can buy designer clothes or expensive pastries, was once a somewhat dark and grimy feeling terminus, the air awash with the fumes from the diesel locomotives. Now you can have a glass of champagne while awaiting your departure.
Olympus OM-1N, G-Zuiko Auto-W 35mm f/2.8 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 9mins.
Taken 9 September 2023.
Steel City Snapper photography 