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Take a look - it opens to the public on Monday
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It has been eight years in the making and finally, in time for the Olympics, the new £500 million concourse at King's Cross station has opened. The transformation has been described as the biggest in the history of the station, and no doubt it'll go a long way towards helping the local area's redevelopment and the move away from its former seedy image. Take a look at these stunning pictures of the vast steel-and-glass roof that allows light to flood the hall.
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15/03/2012 18:39
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15/03/2012 16:48
What nerve! Underground tickets the most expensive in the world and we're spending £500 million to pretend we can move everyone around for the Olympics! And the people who live in and work in London are being told to stay home so as not to cause more traffic. Who makes these absurd decisions???
15/03/2012 18:02
May as well enjoy these photographs of it as anyone else subsequently taking photographs of the biggest transformation in the history of one of London's best known railway stations will instantly be arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist.
That is, however, only if you are using a camera recognisable as a DSLR. Security firms and the Police won't bother you if you use a compact camera with 16MP, a new Iphone or any other camera that has shiny bits on it. It's only black DSLRs that are deadly to the Nation's security.
Police and private security firms will safeguard the Nation from the dastardly photography plot.
That is, however, only if you are using a camera recognisable as a DSLR. Security firms and the Police won't bother you if you use a compact camera with 16MP, a new Iphone or any other camera that has shiny bits on it. It's only black DSLRs that are deadly to the Nation's security.
Police and private security firms will safeguard the Nation from the dastardly photography plot.
15/03/2012 20:48
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15/03/2012 21:27
Don't we hear the powers to be screaming that they (meaning we) had no money! Did they even consider spending the money improving the services by adding trains? Or did they even consider reducing train fares?When will politicians understand that these cosmetic changes make no difference to our lives. Typical of them trying to cure cancer with band aid .... sorry, make up.
18/03/2012 17:24
Absolutely beautiful. Now let's have a London mansion tax to pay for it. I live in the Noth East as well. I get one train an hour through the day at my station during the working week and 4 trains on Sunday. I have to stand like a sardine (if that's possible!) on the first 'cheap' off peak train of the day. 3 carriages packed out. They must make a fortune on that train alone. Oh, and I get a bus shelter to wait in.
15/03/2012 18:34
London is a modern city, and its buildings should speak of such. Why not appreciate that it's a fantastic addition to one of the world's largest transport hubs, that it's design has also assited in the restoration of gem of victorian heritage, and at a 500 million pound cost, 100's of employers, from architects to engineers to labourers, have put their dinner on the table for several years because of the work involved. Ticket prices are rising, but it doesn't negate the fact investment like is about far more than the olympics.
15/03/2012 17:49
Who wants to bet the whole of London still comes to a screaming standstill over the Olympics? This extravagance is not going to help, unless you define help as giving people something to look at while they wait for a train that will never come or if it does will be too full for them to get on.
17/03/2012 19:38
15/03/2012 17:51
It looks very good, hope everyone appreciates the new look.
I think the railway know what they are doing, regards the money side.
People will moan about anything these days, it is not their money, so why make such a fuss about it, and the amount of money used. There is a good valid reason for the work I am sure.
I think maybe it was a Victorian railway station before, do not know, it is a real shame to see all the Victorian architecture gradually going, I love anything Victorian, it is all part of London rich history, London is extreemly old.
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