King's Cross Station
King’s Cross station is being transformed as part of a multi million pound redevelopment. The existing concourse will be removed to expose the original station frontage for the first time in over 40 years and will ultimately become known as Southern Square with trees and seating areas.
A new Western Concourse will be built, which will increase the footprint from the current 2500m sq to 8360m sq. This will also link platform 8 and the Great Northern Hotel. There will be an additional platform to increase capacity adjacent to the existing platform 1, additional footbridges allowing easier access across the station, a range of improved facilities including shops, cafes and new Travel Centre and the main train shed roof will be completely refurbished. All of this will compliment the grade 1 listed building and take place whilst the station remains operational.
Work on the Western Concourse is due for completion in December 2011 and work on the Southern Square will commence immediately after the London Olympics and be completed by August 2013.
Our Stations
Network Rail owns and operates 18 of the biggest & busiest railway stations in the UK
The stations run by Network Rail are the hub of the rail network. More than half of all passenger journeys start or finish at one of these stations and over 650 million people pass through them every year.
Planning your journey
We can help you to plan your journey with information about location, layout, train lines, underground lines, buses, taxis, shops, restaurants, facilities, services, disability access, local attractions & contact details for each station:
Passenger access at stations
You can find detailed information about the disability access arrangements, procedures & services for each station operated by Network Rail. If you are travelling by train and need additional help, please contact the Train Operating Company that you are travelling with.
Disabled People's Protection Policy (DPPP) at stations run by Network Rail
Network Rail recognises its obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). We are constantly working to improve access for our disabled passengers at the stations that we run:
- For wheelchair users & people with impaired mobility - we have installed lifts & ramps, improved car-parking spaces & disabled toilets and introduced mobility assistance buggies, where operationally possible.
- For people with impaired hearing - we have installed induction loops at information offices & text phones at station receptions.
- For people with impaired vision - we have installed Wayfinder signage at all our stations, which is colour contrasted. We also introduce introduce tactile paving when we are making other changes to our stations.
Whenever we re-build or refurbish a station, we always comply with the current DDA requirement in order that all platforms are accessible for wheelchair users and others with impaired mobility.
Edinburgh Waverley, Birmingham New Street and Paddington are the next stations in line to be redeveloped and refurbished. We have a number of plans to improve disability access as part of these programmes. For example, the Scottish Executive & Network Rail project at Edinburgh Waverley will include changes to the stairs from the concourse to Princes Street so that they are covered and include escalators & lifts.
The ticket offices and travel centres at stations are run by the train operating companies and you will need to contact them if you are concerned about disability access there.
If you would like to find out more about our Disabled People’s Protection Policy, we have published a generic statement of policy both in PDF and in Rich Text Format (RTF) which is applicable to all stations managed by Network Rail. A matrix (Appendix B1) summarising the accessibility of all 18 Network Rail Managed Stations is also available to view. The DPPP documentation contained herein, will be substantially re-written following the receipt of revised guidance from the Department for Transport.