THE LEVEL -1 CONCOURSE, OUTSIDE THE GATES

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Overview

This level includes the Metropolitan Line concourse and the passage, running virtually north/south between the south side of Euston Road and the steps into King's Cross Mainline Station.

The Metropolitan Line Concourse

West Side, Going North

  4 sets of steps from Level 0
lift, call button (up only) to right

North Side, Going East

  billboard
Tube map and information board
billboards
help point
map of local area
bus map
train information
billboards
clock
billboards
temporary information board (�Which Station�)
Tube line maps
billboards
newspaper stand
slope down, rail on left (north)
help point
billboard
billboard
billboard
wall retreats (northeast)
2 Nationwide cash machines
HSBC cash machine
passage leading north

we�re now opposite the foot of the steps from outside King�s Cross Station, with the lift to our left (north) of the steps.

East Side, Going South

  lift, call buttons (up and down) right of the door
3 sets of steps from street level

South Side, Going West

  passage to south side of Euston Road
stairs to street level
ticket machine
Fastticket machine
Oyster top-up
ticket machine
two Oyster top-up machines
notice board
Tube map
manual gate
11 automatic gates with pillar before the middle one, the ones you need are generally to your left
manual gate
queuing system for ticket windows.

Go to the west end of the barrier and follow this left then right and wait for window to become free. These are announced, numbered 1 to 4 from the left (east).

Continuing West on South Side

  2 information racks
blank door
list of fares
Oyster top-up machine
ticket machine
Fastticket machine
Oyster top-up machine
blank door
foot of stairs up to street level

The Passage Leading North from the Cash Machines

  Tube map on left
barrier for queuing system on left, steps to Level -2 concourse on right

You go to the far end of the barrier, turn left. Windows are numbered 1 to 4, from south to north. You leave facing north.

Between the -1 and -2 level concourses are eight sets of seven steps. The entrances are generally to your left (north) as you face the Level -2 concourse.

Continuing North

  3 ticket machines
Fastticket machine
ticket machine
control board, not for public use
passage curves right (east), beyond the steps
billboards each side
Tube map on right
slope up
turn left (north)
up five steps, going north
pay phones on left (west) side, billboards on right
blank door on left
Turn right (east)
billboards both sides
turn left (north), up steps into King's Cross Mainline Station

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KING'S CROSS UNDERGROUND STATION

© 2008, Terry Robinson