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The Widened Lines is a double-track railway line forming part of the Thameslink route between St Pancras and Farringdon within Central London.
Southeast view towards Farringdon station: the London Underground's Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines are at left, Thameslink's Widened Lines at right
Looking southwards through Clerkenwell No3 tunnel towards Farringdon from King's Cross Thameslink station
1873 view
2019 view
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 one of the busiest stations in th
Widened Lines
…line forming part of the Thameslink route between St Pancras and Farringdon within Central London. For most of their life the Widened Lines ran from King's Cross to Moorgate, and were completed in 1866 when the Metropolitan Railway was widened from two to four tracks between King's Cross and Farringdon (hence…
King's Cross station frontage and King's Cross Square
King's Cross in 1852
Steam trains at King's Cross in 1928
Train headed by a Class 55 'Deltic' locomotive at King's Cross platform 5 in 1978. These were the principal express locomotives on the East Coast Main Line in the 1960s and 1970s.