The new departure's concourse at Kings Cross Station is very pretty.

[quarryquest]

Because of planned engineering works my travelling to London took an hour extra and went via Cambridge and into Kings Cross. Having not been there for over a year I'd not seen the new Departures Concourse and was thoroughly impressed. Have some pictures.

Comments

[reapermum]

You've seen both, is it the same as the British Museum cover?

[quarryquest]

It looks similar but I am not sure how related it is.

[vjezkova]

Wow! This is great! I have been to Kings Cros once several years ago, it was under construction. This is really impressive. Also, like reapermum, I thought of the British Museum and its similar architecture in that new big dome:-)

[inyadreems]

That's changed! Great photos.

[impulsereader]

Lovely. I've passed the station but don't recall if I've been inside. We must have stayed nearby or been lost or something because I remember using it as a visual reference as we were passing it quite a bit on at least one day.

[captivebird]

Agree - it's fabulous. Such a change from the dingy old King's Cross. Saturday was the first time I'd seen the coloured light effect switched on. I noticed that all the outlets in the old concourse seem to have closed, so I hope that some equally stunning development is now going to happen there too. :-)

[quarryquest]

I'f I'd known you were around Kings Cross on Saturday (when I was around) I would have tried to day 'hi'. Didn't know it was the first time the lights had been turned on. Why are they purple? Something to do with it being a regal colour?

Apparently they are going to clear all the old shops and make an open area or something. I found quite a bit about it on Wikipedia.