ST PANCRAS 150th ANNIVERSARY

摘要

In this feature I shall be looking at the history of the 'operational' side of St Pancras station, the opening of which took place 150 years ago on October 1, 1868. The Midland Grand Hotel, which was always a separate venture and did not open its doors until several years later, deserves special coverage and will be dealt with in a future issue. The long drive to the south The Midland Railway was the great provincial outsider among 19th century railway companies. Formed in 1844 by an amalgamation of the North Midland Railway (Derby to Leeds), the Midland Counties Railway (Derby to Leicester) and the Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway, it grew prosperous on medium-distance passenger traffic and short-haul coal from the East Midlands and South Yorkshire coalfields.