London King's Cross
Station Information
London Kings Cross is a staffed station served by Grand Central, Great Northern, LNER and 4 more. Allow 15 minutes to change trains here.
How reliable is this station?
Of the 12392 services that called at London Kings Cross over the last 30 days, 77.6% ran on time, 18.2% arrived more than 5 minutes late, and 4.1% were cancelled. Today has been broadly in line with that trend: 89% of 476 services so far are on time. The worst recent day was 27 Oct, when 100% of services were delayed. Live cancellations, platform changes, and short-notice delays update in the board above; the 30-day figures are updated nightly from National Rail Darwin data.
Which operators run through here?
London Kings Cross is served by LNER, Great Northern, Thameslink, Grand Central, Hull Trains, Lumo and CrossCountry. LNER runs the bulk of weekday services (around ~undefined/day), with the long-distance operators — Great Northern, Thameslink and CrossCountry — adding the cross-country and London links. Grand Central, Hull Trains and Lumo are open-access operators that only stop here on certain routes; you can see their full calling patterns in the live board above. Tap any service on the board to view its full calling list, platform and delay history.
Where do trains from London Kings Cross go?
The most common direct destination from London Kings Cross is Doncaster (around 525+ trains per day), followed by Peterborough, Letchworth Garden City, and Cambridge. Direct services also run to 4 other destinations. The live board above shows every departure in the next hour; tap the chip to filter by destination or use the search above. 8 direct routes are published from this station, covering most major UK cities.
Current disruption affecting this station
There are no current disruption messages for London Kings Cross. If a problem develops during your journey, Railly surfaces the same station messages National Rail shows in its app — refresh the board to see updates.
Door-side information at London Kings Cross
Door-side predictions on Railly are available for 11 of 13 platforms at London Kings Cross, covering the busiest terminating and through platforms. We use OpenTrainTimes signalling data combined with manual observation; confidence levels range from 'verified' (live TD + manual check) to 'predicted' (signalling-only). If a platform has no coverage, we hide the door-side icon on the board rather than guess. Tap any service to see which side the doors will open for your coach.
Accessibility at London Kings Cross
London Kings Cross has full step-free access and is fully staffed throughout opening hours. Help points are available on every platform. A station wheelchair is available on request. A taxi rank is outside the main entrance, bus stops are within a short walk and the Underground is connected from the station. National Rail's Passenger Assist service can book assistance on any train from this station — recommend booking at least 2 hours before travel.
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Popular journeys from London Kings Cross
Facilities
Ticket office hours
Mon–Fri 06:00–22:00
Sat 06:00–22:00
Sun 07:45–22:00
Connections
Accessibility
Step-free and accessible travel
This is a Category A station. This station has step-free level access to all platforms.
Lifts also provided between concourse up to the Mezzanine and down to the London Underground ticket hall.
The Assistance Meeting Point varies - please check with your operator.