Kings Cross Station Through Time

Name: Kings Cross Station Through Time
Brand: Amberley Publishing
SKU: 9781445605302
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Автор: John Christopher

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Amberley Publishing

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King's Cross station was the terminus of the Great Northern Railway and was opened in 1852. Designed...

Информация за книгата

Автор

John Christopher

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2012

страници

EAN

9781445605302

ISBN

1445605309

Enbook ID

04479585

Издател

Amberley Publishing

Теглоt

288

Размери

165 x 233 x 9

Пълно описание

King's Cross station was the terminus of the Great Northern Railway and was opened in 1852. Designed by Lewis Cubitt, it replaced a temporary station at Maiden Lane. It established itself as the London terminus of what is now known as the East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh. From 1862, at 10 a.m. every weekday, the Flying Scotsman left King's Cross for the north, initially taking over ten hours to complete the journey but now taking only four hours from Edinburgh to London. Some of Britain's most famous locomotives, from the Ivatt Atlantics to the A3 and A4 Pacifics, Deltics and HSTs, have sped north from King's Cross.The underground station below the main line station encompasses six lines and was the scene of the disastrous King's Cross fire in 1987, following which it was rebuilt. King's Cross itself has been redeveloped many times over the years, and a fictional platform (93/4) made famous in the Harry Potter novels. Its Grade 1 listed facade has been revamped and the station improved to increase capacity.

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