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The station is located under euston road and King's Cross Mainline Station. There are two distinct parts of the station, that serving the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines lies under Euston Road, immediately south of St Pancras Station, whilst the extension to the north, serving the Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, continues, south of King's Cross Mainline Station, extending north under the station itself.
The station has seven entrances/exits:
You go down 16 steps, going south, into the passage leading to the Level -1 concourse. There are two sets of steps, separated by a central rail.
See the Environs page of our guide to King's Cross Mainline Station for details of the forecourt.
You enter the Metropolitan Line (Level -1) concourse via either stairs or lift.
You go down 15 then nine steps, going west, into the concourse. These steps are divided into three sets by rails. There's tactile paving at the top and bottom of these steps.
The lift is at the end of a short passage leading west, to your right (north) of the stairs. The call button is to your left (south) of the door, at wheelchair height, with a distinct tactile down arrow.
This lift serves the Metropolitan Line (Level -1) concourse and the Lower Ticket Hall (Level -2) concourse. Note, however, that we found no lift access between the Level -2 concourse and other lines.
See our lifts page for more details.
This entrance leads west from a point north of the steps leading up west towards the upper level of St Pancras Station, into the level 0 concourse, see below.
This entrance, which consists of two sections, separated by a pillar, leads north from Euston Road into the level 0 concourse.
We include details of this in the environs section as it combines the two street level entrances mentioned above with entrances from the south side of St Pancras Station, (see the environs page of St Pancras Station for more details).
From the entrance near the corner of Pancras and Euston Roads, you enter a covered area, going west. This is a rectangular concourse for the Metropolitan Line. This consists of a balcony running around an atrium from the Metropolitan Line concourse at Level -1. Note that street level is designated as Level 0.
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5 pay phones help point steps up (3 x 10, steps going north) to St Pancras Station slope down level slope down entrance to Level 0 of St Pancras Station, four arches |
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help point l-shaped barrier jutting out information boards |
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billboards blank door eight steps up, going east blank door help point exit onto Euston Road, two doorways leading south, billboards both sides, slight slope up with tactile flooring towards exit pillars on left billboards on right steps down (south) towards Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines |
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wall entrance from Pancras Road |
The steps and lift to the Metropolitan Line are in the west end of the atrium, the lift being to your left (north) of the steps. There's a barrier around the other side of this atrium.
You go down nine then six steps, going east to the Level -1 concourse. These steps are divided into four sets by rails. There's tactile paving at the top and bottom of these steps.
You go down 11 steps, going south, turn left (180 degrees north) then go down 12 steps, going north into the Level -1 concourse.
The entrance is on the right-hand (kerb ) side of the pavement. You go down 11 then 12 steps, going west to the -1 level. There is tactile paving at the top and bottom of these steps. See below for details of the passage to the concourse.
The entrance is on the left-hand (kerb) side of the pavement, you go down 13 then 13 steps, going east to the -1 level.
From the west entrance, you pass a help point on your left then turn left almost immediately.
From the east entrance, you continue forward, past a blank door on your right then turn right after a few metres.
Follow the passage (north) past Tube information on your right, into the concourse. Turn left (west) towards the Metropolitan Line, continue forward for the Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines.
See the Pentonville Road Exit page for details
This is a two-stage crossing with tactile paving throughout. The post with push button and rotating cone is to your right as you leave the pavement in either direction. On the central island, you turn left then right. There's a post with push button and rotating cone to either side as you leave the island in either direction.
Although there is an accessible crossing of Euston Road, just east of Midland Road (see the Environs page of our guide to St Pancras Station for details), you may as well choose the appropriate exit from this station.
This is a single-stage crossing, the post with push button and rotating cone is to your right as you cross in either direction.
This is a single-stage crossing, the post with push button and rotating cone is to your right as you cross in either direction.
This is the crossing to the east of the Pentonville Road Exit
This is a single-stage crossing with tactile paving. As you cross from the west, there’s a post to each side of you, the right-hand (south) post has a rotating cone. Traffic comes from your left, going south. As you cross from the east, there's also a post to each side, the one to your right has the rotating cone.
This is the road to the west of the Pentonville Road exit. We suggest that, rather than crossing this, you turn along King's Cross Bridge and use more friendly crossings of Grays Inn Road. See our Routes to the Sense Offices for more details.
There are two bus stops outside the main entrance to the station. Having left via the main entrance, turn left and follow the right-hand side of the pavement. Passengers must buy their ticket before boarding, there are ticket machines beside these bus stops.
This is the first bus stop, serving buses towards Blackfriars 45, 46, 53 N63 and coach 748.
This is the second bus stop, outside Boots, serving buses towards the Angel Islington, 30, 73, 476, 205, 214 and N73.
Routes 205 and 214 are 24 hour services.There are two bus stops on the south side of Euston Road, between Argyle and Judd streets, serving 30, 73 and 205.
There's a bus stop outside the Pentonville Road exit, serving 30, 73, 205 and 214. Note that the 214 turns right up Pancras Road, rather than continuing past Euston Station.
Taxi arrangements are subject to change whilst building work at St Pancras and King's Cross stations continues. At the time of our survey, we noted drop-off points in York Way, outside the east entrance to King's Cross Mainline Station and in Pancras Road, outside the main entrance to St Pancras Station.
We noted pick-up points in Pancras Road, outside the west entrance to King's Cross Mainline Station and in Midland Road, outside the west entrance to St Pancras Station.
See the environs pages of King's Cross Mainline and St Pancras Station for details.
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