Kings Cross Saint Pancras Railway Stations
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6500 x 3250 px | 55 x 27.5 cm | 21.7 x 10.8 inches | 300dpiPhotographer:
Mark SchusterMore information:
On Euston Road where this panorama was made there are not only Kings Cross Station and St Pancras Stration but a short way up the road towards the West End of London, Euston Station. To have three major train termini so close together may seem strange but it is the result of railways being built by many different, and one might almost say, uncoordinated companies during the reign of Queen Victoria. These stations still do serve different parts of the country in a fan from North to North East. Half a century or more these companies, along with all the others with tracks leaving London in all directions, were nationalized. More recently the different rootes were put back in private hands by Government Tender for fixed periods. The rootes and rolling stock that is, and by seperate tender all tracks and signalling. This means the privately owned trains run on tracks, also privately owned by another company; RailTrack. Although the whole network is privately owned it is under Government Control.I haven't mentioned the Under Ground network, closely linked to main line station. These are controlled by the Mayer of London, City Hall that is. Ownership is by Transport for London, a Private Public Enterprise which also controls London Streets and the privately owned bus companies, and taxi companies, oh and the motorist who uses the roads. TFL, along with the various London local authorities, are also charged with road enforcing the Highway Code and their own rules, which mostly differ from local authority to local authority. And they hand out fines (they like to call them penalty charges) to motorists who genrally are not pleased to receive them but are obliged to pay up in most cases. Gone are the days when only the police were entitled to enforce the rules.No conclusion from me, it's just the way it is.