With more trains and better connections, King's Cross station is set to become a world class transport hub. The new concourse, waiting areas and shopping experience will be ready in time for the 2012 Olympics. The second and final phase of the project ends in late 2013. This will see the existing green canopy stripped away, a new public square opened and the original Victorian structure revealed for the first time in living memory.
This complicated redevelopment has involved constructing a 1,700 tonne steel and glass dome over the top of a London Underground ticket hall, and renovating a Grade 1 listed building to the highest possible standard. All this has gone on while the normal work of the station continues.