Talk:Kings Cross railway station
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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 !
Please note that there is no apostrophe in Kings Cross.
Reference: http://eur-op.eu.int/code/en/en-4100213en.htm
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] (http://www.railtrack.co.uk/majorstations/index.cfm?fuseaction=stations.liststation&stationId=5201) uses both usages
The Anome 09:38 Nov 29, 2002 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)