Just the ticket

摘要

It's a glacial Sunday evening and families are out in force with their camera phones, snapping themselves under the canoodling couple statue or staring up at the soaring roof. St Pancras' role as a 'destination station' seemed secure the moment the doors (re)opened, thanks to the romance of the building and the Eurostar link to Paris and beyond. Forty million passengers are due to pass through each year and redevelopment of the neighbouring King's Cross railway lands by Argent will open up a new market of office workers on its doorstep.