Trains from London Kings Cross

On Wednesday 4 November, 218 trains are timetabled to leave London Kings Cross, for 112 stations, run by LNER, Great Northern, Grand Central and 3 others. The first goes at 05:01 and the last at 01:40.

The busiest hour is 16:00, when 15 trains leave. Platform 9 sees the most: 32 a day.

The longest trip is the LNER train to Inverness: 8 hours 05, if it’s on time.

Kings Cross opened in 1852 for the Great Northern Railway: two big arched sheds, one for arrivals and one for departures, built for use rather than show. For much of the late 20th century the area was a byword for seedy, until a refurbishment and a new western concourse in 2012. Today the longest queue in the building is usually for a photo with half a luggage trolley stuck in a wall at “Platform 9¾”.