- 1. When did York Road station close?
A) May 1959
B) July 2005
C) September 1932
D) January 1885
- 2. How many London Underground lines serve King's Cross St Pancras?
A) Five
B) Eight
C) Seven
D) Six
- 3. In which London fare zone is King's Cross St Pancras located?
A) Zone 1
B) Zone 2
C) Zone 3
D) Zone 4
- 4. How many platforms does the London Underground station have?
A) Ten
B) Six
C) Eight
D) Four
- 5. Which line is the station between Euston and Angel on?
A) Metropolitan line
B) Piccadilly line
C) Northern line
D) Victoria line
- 6. How many passengers used King's Cross St Pancras in 2024?
A) 77.13 million
B) 60.5 million
C) 50.9 million
D) 82.4 million
- 7. On which line was the bomb planted on 2 January 1885?
A) Piccadilly line
B) Metropolitan line
C) Northern line
D) Victoria line
- 8. Who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1885 bombing?
A) John Smith
B) Robert Miller
C) Arthur King
D) James Cunningham
- 9. How many people were killed in the 7 July 2005 Piccadilly line bombing?
A) 26
B) 10
C) 52
D) 15
- 10. What is located north of the Victoria line platforms to allow trains from Brixton to turn around?
A) A tunnel
B) A depot
C) A scissors crossover
D) A siding
- 11. Which lines share the same pair of tracks at King's Cross?
A) Northern, Piccadilly, and Victoria
B) Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan
C) Victoria, Metropolitan, and Northern
D) Piccadilly, Circle, and Northern
- 12. What year was the business case prepared to re-open York Road station?
A) 1995
B) 2000
C) 2010
D) 2005
- 13. Which line is the station between Russell Square and Caledonian Road on?
A) Metropolitan line
B) Piccadilly line
C) Victoria line
D) Northern line
- 14. In what year did the Northern line train derailment occur?
A) 1885
B) 1959
C) 2005
D) 1932
- 15. Which line is the station between Euston and Highbury & Islington on?
A) Northern line
B) Piccadilly line
C) Circle line
D) Victoria line
- 16. How far north of King's Cross St Pancras was York Road station located?
A) 600 m
B) 300 m
C) 1 km
D) 800 m
- 17. What is used to the west of the sub-surface lines to allow trains to terminate and head back west?
A) A junction
B) A turntable
C) A siding
D) A scissors crossover
- 18. What rank was King's Cross St Pancras in terms of busyness on the system in 2024?
A) 1st
B) 2nd
C) 5th
D) 3rd
- 19. How many ticket halls does King's Cross St Pancras station have?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Eleven
D) Six
- 20. When was the station upgrade completed?
A) 2010
B) 2020
C) 2009
D) 2007
- 21. Which ticket hall is signposted as the 'Euston Road' way out?
A) Tube Ticket Hall
B) Pentonville Road entrance
C) Northern Ticket Hall
D) Western Ticket Hall
- 22. Which ticket hall has been closed to the public since March 2020?
A) Tube Ticket Hall
B) Pentonville Road entrance
C) Northern Ticket Hall
D) Western Ticket Hall
- 23. Where is the Western Ticket Hall located?
A) On Euston Road
B) Under the forecourt of St Pancras station
C) Near the Regent's Canal
D) Under the King's Cross station concourse
- 24. When did the Western Ticket Hall open?
A) 2009
B) 2010
C) 2020
D) 2007
- 25. The Northern Ticket Hall is signposted as which exit?
A) King's Cross
B) Regent's Canal
C) St Pancras
D) Euston Road
- 26. Who designed the distinctive red station buildings for the Piccadilly line?
A) Charles Tyson Yerkes
B) Leslie Green
C) Tom Eckersley
D) Knut Henrik Henriksen
- 27. Which artist created the 'cross of crowns' motif for the Victoria line platforms?
A) Knut Henrik Henriksen
B) Tom Eckersley
C) Leslie Green
D) Charles Tyson Yerkes
- 28. In what year was the Crossrail 2 scheme shelved?
A) 2007
B) 2011
C) 1991
D) 2020
- 29. Which line would have offered a second rail link to Victoria under the Crossrail 2 proposal?
A) Piccadilly line
B) Northern line
C) Victoria line
D) Crossrail 2
- 30. In which London Borough is King's Cross St Pancras station located?
A) Islington
B) Westminster
C) Camden
D) Southwark
- 31. When did the station first open?
A) 1851
B) 1868
C) 1863
D) 1906
- 32. When did the Victoria line connection open at the station?
A) 1968
B) 1987
C) 2007
D) 1941
- 33. How many people were killed in the 1987 King's Cross fire?
A) 19
B) 42
C) 25
D) 31
- 34. In what year was the station rebuilt to cater for Eurostar services?
A) 2000
B) 2007
C) 1987
D) 1968
- 35. What was the original intention of the 1851 plan for the station?
A) Connect GWR at Paddington with GNR at King's Cross
B) Create a new hub for the Northern line
C) Build a direct link to the London Borough of Camden
D) Connect St Pancras with Waterloo
- 36. When did the Piccadilly line platforms open?
A) 11 May 1907
B) 10 January 1863
C) 18 June 1939
D) 15 December 1906
- 37. When did the Northern line (C&SLR) platforms open?
A) 11 May 1907
B) 1 December 1968
C) 10 January 1863
D) 15 December 1906
- 38. What was the total cost of the major rebuilding work in the 1930s?
A) £260,000
B) £500,000
C) £26,000
D) £100,000
- 39. Why were the Metropolitan line platforms closed in late 1940?
A) Renovation work
B) Structural collapse
C) Signal failure
D) Bomb damage
- 40. Who was the artist responsible for the 'K' and 'X' tiles installed in 1986?
A) Tom Eckersley
B) Harry Beck
C) Paul Huxley
D) Edward Johnston
- 41. Which station became King's Cross Thameslink after the 1941 improvements?
A) The Piccadilly line platforms
B) The Victoria line platforms
C) The Northern line platforms
D) The 1868 platforms
- 42. When was the station formally renamed 'King's Cross St Pancras'?
A) 1933
B) 1907
C) 1968
D) 1940
- 43. When did the serious fire at Finsbury Park occur?
A) February 1985
B) February 1976
C) December 2007
D) November 1987
- 44. What fire phenomenon was discovered as a result of the King's Cross fire?
A) Flashover effect
B) Trench effect
C) Backdraft effect
D) Chimney effect
- 45. When was smoking first banned on subsurface areas of the Underground?
A) August 2000
B) May 1989
C) November 1987
D) February 1985
- 46. When did the Northern line platforms and the escalators from the ticket hall to the Piccadilly line reopen after the fire?
A) 9 December 2007
B) 5 March 1989
C) 18 November 1988
D) 29 November 2009
- 47. Which report recommended investigating passenger flow and congestion after the fire?
A) Jowell Report
B) London Underground Safety Report
C) Fennell Report
D) Johnson Report
- 48. How much did the station upgrade cost?
A) £810m
B) £250m
C) £500m
D) £1bn
- 49. How many new lifts were installed during the station upgrade?
A) Twelve
B) Ten
C) Fifteen
D) Five
- 50. What replaced the wooden steps on escalators after the fire?
A) Plastic ones
B) Concrete ones
C) Rubber ones
D) Metal ones
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