London Reopens St. Pancras Station, Citizens Confused
Philadelphia, PA – November 20, 2007
Londoners celebrated the reopening of St. Pancreas station in north-central London and the concurrent four-mile extension of the high speed, trans-channel service provided by Eurostar, one of Europe’s biggest rail service providers last Wednesday. The station, which has been closed for almost 50 years, dates back to 1867 and was saved from certain demolition in the late sixties by British poet John Betjeman. Although the stations reopening is a political, cultural, and economic victory for the city of London, several Londoners appeared to be confused at the building’s grand reopening.
One man was reported to have been confused over the stations location saying, “It took me eight hours to find this god damn place. I thought it was located one stop past Gall Bladder station, right next to Duodenum Park.” In addition to uncertainty over the station’s placement, other attendees were confused about reports that the remodeled building now included a “life-size” statue of John Betjeman. “That thing is near ten feet high. Was John Betjeman a giant?” a Dortshire woman was overheard saying.
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