Peter England, Rutland
Surely if what P. Drinkall states is correct, that the Paris terminal is to be re-named, then St. Pancras could be re-named either "Trafalgar", or "Agincourt"? St Pancras has been a majestic and characterisic building and railway station, I hope that they do not destroy its charm.

Jas singh
I worked at St.Pancras station for 15 years and enjoyed everyminute of it. Was also fortunate enough to visit the rooms upstairs and enjoy the spledour of the place. I hope the name ST.Pancras will be kept and when I return every year it feels like I am home as i start my journey to kettering.

bill alvaston
i used to drive to st pancras when they were headed by class 45s it had its own character i have since retired i have been back it is not the same a wonderful station will be lost

dave sillence w.australia
I started work for British Rail in 1956 as cleaner stationed at Cricklewood steam sheds and prog to driver after a brief stint at Derby sheds, finishing up at St Pancras driving rail cars to Bedford and express trains to Derby Sheffield etc . Having now retired to Australia i still remember the good times when pulling into St Pancras filthy black from coal dust and sweat as fireman and later on nice and clean driving diesels etc. Please dont take any more nostalgia away from London keep the name St Pancras and preserve what you can for future generations. It,s a beautifull building and means a lot to millions of people and workers.

Ann Hirsch, Teaneck, NJ, USA
My father worked most of his adult life for British Rail. He was a coach finisher at the C&W Works in Derby. As a result we did all of our traveling by train. It was so exciting to journey on the Midland Mainline to St Pancras where we often crossed London to make a connection to another destination for our summer holidays. St. Pancras seemed enormous compared to Derby Midland and the hissing of the steam trains all around added to the splendor of that beautiful station. After I travelled the world I felt I was home when I got back to St. Pancras for the last leg of my journey to Derby. The atmosphere has changed withe the advent of diesel engines, but the building is still beautiful and I will miss it. Ann Hirsch

Chris Cooper, Loughborough
The first train journey I ever made was into St Pancras around 15 years ago and I have made many since. I have always been fond of its unique atmosphere and found standing their at night with the fumes drifting up into the massive arched trainshed and the sound of the diesel engines echoing around a wonderful experience. I'm glad I was one of the last to experiance it when I caught the final train from St Pancras before it closed, and always get a bit emotional when I here the recording I made from the back coach as the train pulled away and someone in the rear powercar blasted the horn which echoed around the old station. I have only used the new station once, and have to say I was not impressed at all, and find it an awful place. Whatever they decide to name it, for me, and many others, it will always be St Pancras.

R Partington
I remember as a small impressionable boy being on St Pancras several times at the end of WW2 and during the late 1940s. Then it was extremely busy with all trains pulled by steam engines. The noise and atmosphere created by the hissing of steam and the engine whistles and fumes under that huge echoing roof will be with me for ever...it was wonderful!!! Then as a student I returned in the early 1960s just after steam had finished. What a change...although it still looked the same the sounds and atmosphere had gone. No one who missed the steam era at St Pancras can ever imagine what it was like!

John Miller NYC USA
Such a glorious station should not be lost,it has meant so much to me reaching St.Pancras enroute to Derby for 30 yrs. St Pancras has always been my link to fond memories of my student days to now.

Timothy. Portland, Oregon. (formerly Buckinhghamsh
I do hope they do a wonderfull job of this historic building. I have travelled much by train, and this is one station that encapsulates the history of British Railways.

Rowena Dawson
I too have travelled to and from St Pancras many times in the last 45 or more years. I passed through recently and would have taken my camera had I known it would be the last time. So many happy, sad amusing and interesting adventures have started and ended for me either there or at this end, mostly starting at Loughborough, but sometimes Derby. I hope there will be many more, and I can't wait to travel from here to Europe on the Euro Star - hope I won't be too old by then!!

P. Drinkall, Leicester
I've been using St. Pancras station for over 40 years. I don't understand why they are thinking of re-naming it. I presume they aren't going to re-name Paris Gare du Nord? People from other countries are intelligent enough to work out where they are going!

G. R. Cooper, Mickleover.
The change to the station has to be made, but the name St.Pancras must be retained.

Thomas Gill, London
I,ve been to St Pancras and travelled on MML alot but next time i go it won't be the same it is a shame to modernise the station if the roof and floor were cleaned and platforms made longer it wold be fine. But it will be nice to have some modernisum in London and I am waiting in anticipation until 2007

Noel W Mansfield; Holbrook, Belper
Is it an "only in Britain " situation where vast facilities could be built to accomodate a new service ie Waterloo International only for them tho be replaced as short time afterwards? It is tragic that money can be spent like this. It would have been far better to have upgraded the Midland main line (by electrification of course) and had "LONG" trains working into Barlow's shed from the Midlands rather than foreign parts. I went to view the works on Tuesday last; after a bridge bash at Leeds and a train failure at Kettering, I suffered and apalling journey in a wretched overcrowded Turbostar arriving and hour later than planned. I cant imagine the old Midland being so proud of this development as you suggest, effectively theft of their terminal for the use of trains which could not proceed forward onto their own main line.

Tony, Derby
Just seems a shamer that only the "privileged" continental passengers will get to enjoy the "real" St. Pancras when it re-opens - it belongs to the Midlands!! Hope our bit isn't a tin shed construction.

Peter Kazmierczak, Wimborne (ex-Derby and Two Dale
I really hope that the name "St.Pancras" is retained and not replaced by a bland London Central or London International. The station deserves to keep the name that it was built with and which for generations of Derbians visiting London has meant that on getting back to St.Pancras after a day visiting the capital, one was almost home.

Neil Ferguson-Lee, Wirksworth
It's a pity that we will have to wait three years to view the inside of St. Pancras in all her glory and then as international passengers rather than visitors from Derbyshire. However, overall this is a wonderful development. Thirty-five years ago, St. Pancras was earmarked for complete closure like her 'twin', Manchester Central. Now St. Pancras will be Britain's rail gateway to Europe, something that the Midland Railway's founders would have approved enthusiastically. The Pride of Derbyshire lives on!