What is St Pancras station?
St Pancras International is a major railway station in London, famous for its Victorian Gothic architecture and as the terminus of Eurostar trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam.
The station opened in 1868. Its great train shed, designed by William Henry Barlow, was the largest single-span roof in the world at the time.
In front of the station stands the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, originally the Midland Grand Hotel, designed by George Gilbert Scott in a Gothic Revival style.
Saved from demolition
In the 1960s, there were plans to demolish St Pancras. A campaign led by poet John Betjeman helped save the building, and a statue of him stands in the station.
The station was restored and reopened in 2007 as the London terminus of Eurostar. It also serves trains to the Midlands and southeast England.
Under the roof stands The Meeting Place, a nine-metre bronze statue of a couple embracing. The station has shops, restaurants and the longest champagne bar in Europe. Public pianos invite travelers to play.
High-speed Southeastern trains also run from the station to Kent.