In January 1994 the then Transport Secretary, John MacGregor, told MPs that Union Railways - the company set up to construct the Channel Tunnel link - had concluded that "St Pancras is preferable to King's Cross as the terminus on environmental, operational and commercial grounds".

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This approach may have been preferable 50 years ago before we had digital communications, global competition, and internet savvy customers.

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