Kings Cross
The main facade of the now 170 years old King's Cross station, at 14.49 on 13th April 2022. Lewis Cubitt's masterpiece of 1852 designed for the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway which arrived in the Capital two years earlier but terminated initially at a temporary station at Maiden Lane until Kings Cross was ready. This area was originally known as Battlebridge but the GNR Directors preferred King's Cross as to them it sounded 'more grand and important'. The old name is perpetuated in a block of flats, Battlebridge Court, in nearby Wharfedale Road.
Location: Kings Cross
Original line: London to Peterborough (Great Northern Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Area Stations 2009-2023
Date: 13/04/2022
Image number: 80732
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