Talk:London King's Cross railway station

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Contents 1 (Harry Potter films) 2 (To apostrophe or not to apostrophe) 3 (Bold warning) 4 (Page move) 5 Requested move 5.1 Voting and discussion 6 Image:London King's Cross sign.jpg 7 Latest change to intro 8 Recent nearby fire 9 Disambiguation

[edit] (Harry Potter films)

Kings Cross IS used in the Harry Potter films. You can tell by the GNER trains there. Apparently JK Rowling was confusing Euston with Kings Cross when she was thinking of platform nine and three-quarters. In real life platforms 9, 10 and 11 are in another train shed.

St Pancras or St Pancrass ?

only one 's'. -- Tarquin

Thanks !

[edit] (To apostrophe or not to apostrophe)

Please note that there is no apostrophe in Kings Cross. Reference: http://eur-op.eu.int/code/en/en-4100213en.htm --The Anome

Here's the whole story (to date):

• Kings Cross is the name for the surrounding area, as supported by both style guides and general usage.
• Google searches also say that Kings Cross station is more common that King's Cross station
• King's Cross is the "official" signage for the stations
• but Kings Cross is the "official" usage in the timetable database, as well as being used on other official documents: joyously, the official station page at [1] uses both usages

The Anome 09:38 Nov 29, 2002 (UTC)

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Don't forget Harry Potter! (lol) Nevilley

The first Harry Potter book uses King's Cross -- but hey, it's fiction.

Oh very quick. And next will we be starting on St Pancras, which is incorrectly given as St. Pancras all over the place???? And come to think of it, it really needs a proper entry, it's a sort of poor relation of K'in'gs 'Cros's 'sta't'i'on at the moment. I guess I probably mean St. Pancras station and its correct version St Pancras station here, rather than the place (where is it anyway?!) and the churches! I would insert a smiley at this point but don't know how. Nevilley 10:20 Nov 29, 2002 (UTC)

[edit] (Bold warning)

From the article:

Although considerable regenration effort (and money) has gone into the area over recent years, there is still a significant presence of drug dealers and prostitutes. Visitors are advised to remain within stations and/or on main thoroughfares during working hours and to exercise extreme caution in all locations at all other times.

This warning was added in bold text today. This seems at variance with my experience of Kings Cross, where my major worry is generally whether the trains are running and the length of the queue for mocha-cappuchino. Can the contributor of the warning give cites for the danger level suggested in the warning, please? The Anome 07:52 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)

Mentioning that the area is a traditional stamping ground for prostitutes is ok content for the 'pedia, I guess, but I don't think issuing advice about personal safety is encyclopedic, even in its now toned down form. (Maybe such advice would be ok in an article about personal safety but this article is about a particular geographical location). I propose its removal. Pcb21 10:44 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)

The same contributor has added a similar warning to Soho.

I'm going to edit that. Pcb21 10:52 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)

The original contribution has had an overall positive effect. Following my edit, a couple of recent changes watchers dived in and improved the article. Pcb21 12:07 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)

I like the work that has now been done on this. I do not agree that a personal safety warning must always be inappropriate for the wiki - after all it is just another piece of info, and if someone finds it useful one day then great, info has been provided! But I do agree that the tone of the initial one was a bit strong, and I think the way it works now is fine. Smiles all round! :) Nevilley 17:32 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC) PS Watch out for aggressive mocha vendors trying to hustle you! :)

I agree that if 'authorities' (whoever they may be in a particular location) advise people to exercise appropiate caution then that we should report that useful info. E.g. it is official New York Subway policy to advice passengers to stand in the lit yellow areas of the platform when late at night. That should form part of the New York Subway article. However I am not sure Wikipedia and its contributors should issue advice by itself... who's to say Kings Cross is any more dangerous than a dozen other places in London (and elsewhere!) where advice is not issued. The current paragraph is a bit ambiguous in this respect. Having written all that, I guess it doesn't matter too much on the large scale! Pcb21 17:46 Mar 27, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] (Page move)

This page should be at Kings Cross railway station in line with Wikipedia:WikiProject London - see especially the recent discussion on this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject London but I can't get it to move. Timrollpickering 7:52, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Actually, this should be at King's Cross railway station (the lack of apostrophe in the station's signs are apparently typographic rather than concious choices), but I'll wait for someone else to give me the nod, given that others seem to disagree...

James F. (talk) 18:24, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Well, now that (apparently) the official web page, the official signage, the London Underground, and indeed Transport for London generally, perhaps we can make a decision on this?

James F. (talk) 01:29, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Convinces me. I've requested the move at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Stevage 20:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:London King's Cross sign.jpg

May I ask, not intending to sound rude etc. where this picture has gone, as we appear to have began with 2 (as mentioned in page history) which admittedly is too many, but now the picture is non-existant in the article, I think that although didn't show much, it looked better than the current pic in the infobox (just my two cents), or at least somewhere in the article. Also may I take this oppurtunity to apologise for unintentionally altering the article (by the first addition of the infobox), sorry again for the tone if anyone finds it rude DannyM 19:39, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Latest change to intro

London King(')s Cross (officially),King's Cross or Kings Cross station is just too messy. I've placed it here and reverted it until a better, agreed intro. is established. leaky_caldron 20:47, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent nearby fire

I know it's caused disruption in the last couple of days, but is a nearby fire (which wasn't even in the station if my understanding is correct) really worth mentioning in the article?--Tivedshambo (talk) 15:27, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

Shouldn't King's Cross station redirect straight here rather to a disambig page? This is by far the largest and best known station of the name. 86.0.203.120 01:59, 18 October 2006 (UTC)