What makes St Pancras International great? Find out at this free week long drawing festival.
The success of St Pancras station continues with its next event for all station users whether they be passengers or not. Leaflets publicising the Big Draw have been distributed throughout the community on both sides of the station. It's lovely to be included, to have a sense of being invited into what is both one of our local stations and an international transport hub. Network Rail please take note - redevelopment of King's Cross Station is much needed and the plan for the new Western Concourse looks stunning, but please don't shut the local community out.
Meanwhile, it's sad to see the Handyside Bridge inside King's Cross covered in scaffolding whilst being dismantled. This famous bridge appeared in the Harry Potter films and was until a couple of weeks ago a big tourist destination with cameras snapping fans standing on and under it. Removal of the bridge results in the last vestige of the centuries old east/west route at the mid point of what is now the station being lost.
The entrance to King's Cross at the junction of Wharfdale Road and York Way remains open for the time being. It is the entrance the community desperately wants to keep. It's really come into its own this week with the opening of King's Place as it is the most convenient for anyone visiting the fantastic new music venue, gallery, restaurant, bar and canalside terrace.
Network Rail have moved into King's Place, The Guardian is in the process of moving in. The north eastern entrance to King's Cross at Wharfdale Road is becoming ever more important. It has brought a wry smile to my face seeing Network Rail staff are now using the Wharfdale Road entrance to get to their workplace.
The full case for replacement of the Wharfdale Road entrance can be read here.
Please do sign the petition and if possible, ask your friends, family and colleagues to do the same.
If you have news about the campaign for access to King's Cross Station do contact us and we'll post it up on this blog. If you have an hour to spare and can help by handing out leaflets at the Wharfdale Road entrance or outside King's Place contact us and will get you a stock of leaflets.
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