Glamourous New Station links London - Paris


	Glamourous New Station links London - Paris

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8-7-2007 9:45 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/469d2a0b-a627-412f-85b7-fdaeae1b2d1e/77F33E9D-1FAD-4313-8417-28A146FA6621/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091" href="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thefirstpost.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091"><H1>A new St Pancras, thanks to  Betjeman </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091"><P class="ver12"><SPAN class="dropcap">A</SPAN> sleek Eurostar train glides to a halt beneath St Pancras station's magnificent span. It's only a test run, but this arrival heralds a rebirth of the long-lost era of railway romance.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091"> St Pancras will put some fun, even glamour, back</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091">
                      <TD width="236" valign="top"><P class="ver12">  into rail travel. </P></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091"> Among the almost 1,000 cast-iron pillars holding up the tracks and concourse are shops, bars,  restaurants,  and even a farmers' market. All of these have been built into Barlow's vast 'undercroft' - originally used as storage for barrels of beer arriving from the Midlands.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091">Passengers will travel up to the trains by escalator, emerging into Barlow's famous trainshed - at 243ft, still the biggest 
                          single span of cast ironwork in the world. Restaurants are opening up in the brick alcoves, and the longest champagne bar</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091&p=2" href="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091&p=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thefirstpost.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8091&p=2">People will want to visit St Pancras whether they're travelling or not, as they did when it first opened. It will be the antithesis of stations today,</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/77F33E9D-1FAD-4313-8417-28A146FA6621/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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