The changes in the plan for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link London connection, which meant that the future HS1 should go through the East London, created the change for reusing St. Pancras as the terminus (as it is in the close proximity fo the King's Cross station, as the initial plans had been). To accommodate 300-metre+ Eurostar trains, and to provide capacity for the existing trains to the Midlands and the new Kent services on the high-speed rail link, the train shed was extended a considerable distance northwards by a new flat-roofed shed. On 4 September 2007, the first test train ran from Paris Gare du Nord to St Pancras. (previous | next | back to album | 2020:02:11 18:17:42 | 82% of an album)