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Arrival planner
3h 50mfree before check-in
- 10:30Your train gets inWalk out to the concourse.
- 10:40Drop your 2 bagsKings Cross Luggage, 345 Gray’s Inn Road. £8 for the day.
- 10:45British Library and lunchSee the Treasures gallery (free), then lunch nearby. 5 min walk. You have about 3h 50m.
- 14:35Collect your bagsBack at Gray’s Inn Road. It takes a couple of minutes.
- 15:00Check inMost hotels near the station are 2 to 15 minutes’ walk away.
3h 50mfree before check-in
- 10:30Your train gets inWalk out to the concourse.
- 10:40Drop your 2 bagsKings Cross Luggage, 345 Gray’s Inn Road. £8 for the day.
- 10:45British Library and lunchSee the Treasures gallery (free), then lunch nearby. 5 min walk. You have about 3h 50m.
- 14:35Collect your bagsBack at Gray’s Inn Road. It takes a couple of minutes.
- 15:00Check inMost hotels near the station are 2 to 15 minutes’ walk away.
Which exit?
The best way outThe best way out of the station
King’s Cross has three ways out. Pick where you’re going. and we’ll tell you which one to use.
Then: Cross Pancras Road. Eurostar check-in is on the main concourse. Arrive 75 minutes before your train.
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Live train boards
Departures and arrivals for King’s Cross and St Pancras, with platforms and delays.
Live trainsOpen: Live train boardsArrival planner
Your train time, check-in time and bags, turned into a plan.
On this pageWhich exit?
Where you’re going, then the best way out of the station.
On this pageTime planner
Got 1, 2 or 3 hours? A walk, food and sights that fit.
Home pageOpen: Time plannerFacility finder
Toilets, lifts, the ticket office, water and taxis.
StationOpen: Facility finderDisruption helper
Is the line open, and what to do if it isn’t.
Live trainsOpen: Disruption helperDelay Repay
Was your train late? See what you can claim back.
Live trainsOpen: Delay RepayAirport helper
All five airports, with times, costs and when to leave.
AirportsOpen: Airport helperLuggage-free day planner
Your arrival, your train and what you like, turned into a walking day with a bag drop.
Day plannerOpen: Luggage-free day plannerCheck-out gap calculator
Check-out at 11, train at 6? See how long you really have and what fits.
Check-out gapOpen: Check-out gap calculatorAttractions finder
Filter by time, budget, kids and walk, with each place’s luggage rules.
AttractionsOpen: Attractions finderBaggage allowance checker
Your airline or the Eurostar, then the cabin and checked bag limits they publish.
Baggage allowanceOpen: Baggage allowance checkerAttraction bag policies
Can you bring a suitcase in? The rules for 26 London sights, from their own websites.
Bag policiesOpen: Attraction bag policiesTrip budget calculator
Stay, food, Tube, airport trains and sights, with prices and the date we checked them.
Trip budgetOpen: Trip budget calculatorAirport transfers compared
Train fares and times from all five London airports to King’s Cross, with sources.
Airport transfersOpen: Airport transfers comparedLuggage prices
Your bags and days, priced at every option near the station.
Price calculatorOpen: Luggage pricesPlatform 9¾ queue
How long the photo queue is likely to be, hour by hour.
Platform 9¾Open: Platform 9¾ queueHotel finder
Fifteen places to stay, by area, price and walk.
HotelsOpen: Hotel finderWhat’s on calendar
Events around King’s Cross, day and evening.
What’s onOpen: What’s on calendarWho looks after your street?
Camden or Islington, and who to call.
- Live train boardsDepartures and arrivals for King’s Cross and St Pancras, with platforms and delays.
- Arrival plannerYour train time, check-in time and bags, turned into a plan.Above
- Which exit?Where you’re going, then the best way out of the station.Above
- Time plannerGot 1, 2 or 3 hours? A walk, food and sights that fit.
- Facility finderToilets, lifts, the ticket office, water and taxis.
- Disruption helperIs the line open, and what to do if it isn’t.
- Delay RepayWas your train late? See what you can claim back.
- Airport helperAll five airports, with times, costs and when to leave.
- Luggage-free day plannerYour arrival, your train and what you like, turned into a walking day with a bag drop.
- Check-out gap calculatorCheck-out at 11, train at 6? See how long you really have and what fits.
- Attractions finderFilter by time, budget, kids and walk, with each place’s luggage rules.
- Baggage allowance checkerYour airline or the Eurostar, then the cabin and checked bag limits they publish.
- Attraction bag policiesCan you bring a suitcase in? The rules for 26 London sights, from their own websites.
- Trip budget calculatorStay, food, Tube, airport trains and sights, with prices and the date we checked them.
- Airport transfers comparedTrain fares and times from all five London airports to King’s Cross, with sources.
- Luggage pricesYour bags and days, priced at every option near the station.
- Platform 9¾ queueHow long the photo queue is likely to be, hour by hour.
- Hotel finderFifteen places to stay, by area, price and walk.
- What’s on calendarEvents around King’s Cross, day and evening.
- Who looks after your street?Camden or Islington, and who to call.
Coming in 2027
Tell us which one you want first.- Train watchFollow one train and hear about platform or delay changes.
- Will I make my train?A tight, fine or plenty answer, never a promise.
- Step-free routesStep-free paths between entrances, platforms and nearby places.
- Open now nearbyPlaces open right now, by type and price.
- Planning trackerPlanning applications near King’s Cross, each week.
Coming in 2027
On the way
- Train watchFollow one train and hear about platform or delay changes.
- Will I make my train?A tight, fine or plenty answer, never a promise.
- Step-free routesStep-free paths between entrances, platforms and nearby places.
- Open now nearbyPlaces open right now, by type and price.
- Planning trackerPlanning applications near King’s Cross, each week.
Leave your bags with us while you see London.
It’s our shop, £4 a bag a day. 345 Gray’s Inn Road, a 2 minute walk from the station, open 07:00 to 23:59.