The Eurostar terminal is horrendously overcrowded though
I’ve never been lost in London Bridge, but I’ve gone round in circles in St Pancras. It’s harder to navigate.
I feel the Tunbridge Wells elite have swayed this vote so they can feel some caché coming into town after having been bent over for an 8k annual travel card.
St Pancras is a tourist shopping centre with a handful of platforms attached, undermined by the hellscape that is the international departure area. It’s just in a pretty building.
London Bridge on the other hand handles more than twice as many passengers without ever feeling as overcrowded as St Pancras does on a bad day, and the retail space prioritises the things commuters need at their train stations over wringing a bit more cash out of tourists before they leave.
St Pancras must lose points for the Eurostar tourists blocking everything.
You’d have to remember how awful London Bridge was prior to it’s renovation to really appreciate it today. It’s truly magnificent how they’ve completely transformed it and not only that it looks stunning inside and outside.
St Pancras is a beautiful building but it’s absolutely crowded thanks to it basically being a rubbish shopping center. Using the EMR platforms is a shite experience because of the limited space upstairs and the need to hold everyone behind the barriers until very late. Also there is so much dilly dallying near the thameslink platforms.
On the plus side the Eurostar is lovely and there are loads of options for food and drink along with Kings Cross next door. I haven’t used the southeastern platforms so can’t comment on that
Is there one for worst stations, I’m sure Euston would win
St Pancras is beautiful but it’s not well planned, you can feel it was repurposed several times after being originally built for needs that don’t fit anymore.
The main this that’s wrong with LB is the exposed platforms. On the lower street level it works fine, but the bus station area feels odd & disjointed & winter is no fun on those high platforms.
St Pancras lovely building and amazing reuse of an historic asset but it is a terrible train station
it is quite nice in there but i agree that st pancras/kings cross has a nicer vibe, wish there were more places to charge your phone there though.
Agreed about London Bridge being one of the best train stations. Commuter rush has never felt so busy with queues at the barriers
I particularly enjoy the graffitied bridge that goes over to that dilapidated 60s building and shopping arcade. A stellar welcome to the south bank 👌
no euston???? whaaaat
I only learned recently that the reason why the St Pancras train lines are raised above ground level is because the station was originally built to deliver barrels of beer to London back in the Victorian era
My phone loses all signal when passing through London Bridge during commuting hours. I imagine it’s the sheer number of people around and the awful 5G infrastructure the UK has.
I just wish they fixed the phone signal in the covered parts of LB. I hate when I’m running from the tube to national rail and I can’t pull up trainline to check the times.
London bridge is a great train station. Super efficient, well connected, with functional, living streets around.
They put a lot of advertising and PR behind its rebuild. I was in events marketing with them as a client quite a few years ago.
I cannot put into words just how much I prefer London Bridge over St Pancras.
Nice! I worked on the London Bridge Station Redevelopment Project, super proud of it.
Hang on, they didn’t choose Euston?!
Get some heating in there during the worst of winter then maybe. It’s such a freezing cold station
Network Rail did a great job here. It was pretty awful prior to the redevelopment.
The new London Bridge is a lovely station but the wind coming through can make it a bit of a cold one. Shame they didn’t insert glass panelling in the canopy knockouts above the tracks. Still a nice looking design imo.
We all know Euston is the best, these people know nothing.
The Eurostar terminal from St Pancras is an awful experience.
Direct to Hogwarts, innit?
The greggs is too far from the main concourse in St Pancras. London bridge has it front and centre and considerately behind the gateline to optimise your sausage roll to train sprint time.
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The Eurostar terminal is horrendously overcrowded though
I’ve never been lost in London Bridge, but I’ve gone round in circles in St Pancras. It’s harder to navigate.
I feel the Tunbridge Wells elite have swayed this vote so they can feel some caché coming into town after having been bent over for an 8k annual travel card.
St Pancras is a tourist shopping centre with a handful of platforms attached, undermined by the hellscape that is the international departure area. It’s just in a pretty building.
London Bridge on the other hand handles more than twice as many passengers without ever feeling as overcrowded as St Pancras does on a bad day, and the retail space prioritises the things commuters need at their train stations over wringing a bit more cash out of tourists before they leave.
St Pancras must lose points for the Eurostar tourists blocking everything.
You’d have to remember how awful London Bridge was prior to it’s renovation to really appreciate it today. It’s truly magnificent how they’ve completely transformed it and not only that it looks stunning inside and outside.
St Pancras is a beautiful building but it’s absolutely crowded thanks to it basically being a rubbish shopping center. Using the EMR platforms is a shite experience because of the limited space upstairs and the need to hold everyone behind the barriers until very late. Also there is so much dilly dallying near the thameslink platforms.
On the plus side the Eurostar is lovely and there are loads of options for food and drink along with Kings Cross next door. I haven’t used the southeastern platforms so can’t comment on that
Is there one for worst stations, I’m sure Euston would win
St Pancras is beautiful but it’s not well planned, you can feel it was repurposed several times after being originally built for needs that don’t fit anymore.
The main this that’s wrong with LB is the exposed platforms. On the lower street level it works fine, but the bus station area feels odd & disjointed & winter is no fun on those high platforms.
St Pancras lovely building and amazing reuse of an historic asset but it is a terrible train station
it is quite nice in there but i agree that st pancras/kings cross has a nicer vibe, wish there were more places to charge your phone there though.
Agreed about London Bridge being one of the best train stations. Commuter rush has never felt so busy with queues at the barriers
I particularly enjoy the graffitied bridge that goes over to that dilapidated 60s building and shopping arcade. A stellar welcome to the south bank 👌
no euston???? whaaaat
I only learned recently that the reason why the St Pancras train lines are raised above ground level is because the station was originally built to deliver barrels of beer to London back in the Victorian era
My phone loses all signal when passing through London Bridge during commuting hours. I imagine it’s the sheer number of people around and the awful 5G infrastructure the UK has.
I just wish they fixed the phone signal in the covered parts of LB. I hate when I’m running from the tube to national rail and I can’t pull up trainline to check the times.
London bridge is a great train station. Super efficient, well connected, with functional, living streets around.
They put a lot of advertising and PR behind its rebuild. I was in events marketing with them as a client quite a few years ago.
I cannot put into words just how much I prefer London Bridge over St Pancras.
Nice! I worked on the London Bridge Station Redevelopment Project, super proud of it.
Hang on, they didn’t choose Euston?!
Get some heating in there during the worst of winter then maybe. It’s such a freezing cold station
Network Rail did a great job here. It was pretty awful prior to the redevelopment.
The new London Bridge is a lovely station but the wind coming through can make it a bit of a cold one. Shame they didn’t insert glass panelling in the canopy knockouts above the tracks. Still a nice looking design imo.
We all know Euston is the best, these people know nothing.
The Eurostar terminal from St Pancras is an awful experience.
Direct to Hogwarts, innit?
The greggs is too far from the main concourse in St Pancras. London bridge has it front and centre and considerately behind the gateline to optimise your sausage roll to train sprint time.
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