Editing High Speed 1 (section)

=== St Pancras International ===
{{Main|St Pancras railway station}}

[[File:Eurostar trains at St Pancras.jpg|thumb|Eurostar trains at St Pancras International]]

The terminus for the high-speed line in London is [[St Pancras railway station]]. During the 2000s, towards the end of the construction of the CTRL, the entire station complex was renovated, expanded and renamed as St&nbsp;Pancras International,<ref name="DOT">[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/3099/response/6784/attach/html/3/080930%20FOI%20Response%20-%20Betts.doc.html Official name of the station according to the Department of Transport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723091740/http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/3099/response/6784/attach/html/3/080930%20FOI%20Response%20-%20Betts.doc.html |date=23 July 2011 }}, released in response to a [[Freedom of Information Act 2000|Freedom of Information Act]] request at [[Whatdotheyknow.com]]. Retrieved 2 December 2008.</ref><ref name="Camden">[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/3111/response/6783/attach/html/3/Response%20to%20RFI03544.pdf.html Official name of the station according to the London Borough of Camden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723091719/http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/3111/response/6783/attach/html/3/Response%20to%20RFI03544.pdf.html |date=23 July 2011 }} released in response to a [[Freedom of Information Act 2000|Freedom of Information Act]] request at [[Whatdotheyknow.com]]. Retrieved 2 December 2008.</ref> with a new security-sealed terminal area for Eurostar trains to continental Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-142935393.html | first = Ross | last = Lydall |title= Security at heart of St Pancras revamp |date= 7 March 2006 | newspaper = London Evening Standard }}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In addition, it retained traditional domestic connections to the north and south of England. The new extension doubled the length of the central platforms now used for Eurostar services; new platforms have been provided for existing domestic [[East Midlands Trains]] and the [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] high-speed services that run along High Speed 1 to Kent.<ref name="mrfcr">{{cite news | title = From concept to reality | work = Modern Railways | publisher = Ian Allan | location = London| page = 51 |date=November 2007}}</ref> New platforms on the [[Thameslink (route)|Thameslink line]] across London were built beneath the western margins of the station, and the station at [[King's Cross Thameslink railway station|King's Cross Thameslink]] was closed.

A complex junction has been built north of St Pancras with connections to the [[East Coast Main Line]], [[North London Line]] (for [[West Coast Main Line]]) and [[Midland Main Line]], allowing for a wide variety of potential destinations albeit on conventional rails. As part of the works, [[Canal Tunnels|tunnels connecting the East Coast Main Line]] to the [[Thameslink (route)|Thameslink route]] were also built in readiness for the forthcoming [[Thameslink Programme]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/improvements/canal-tunnels|title=Canal Tunnels - Thameslink Programme|website=www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk|language=en|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116084203/http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/improvements/canal-tunnels|url-status=live}}</ref>