Welcome to SideTracked Railway200 at King's Cross St Pancras. A geocaching event on Thursday, 25th September 2025, 18:00 to 19:00
All are invited to the geocaching event at the Barrel Vault pub at St Pancras station to chat about all things geocaching. Expecting to be seating area outside along Pancras Road. King's Cross station opened in 1852. Trains from the Midland Railways shared the station until they opened their gothic station next door, St Pancras in 1868.
Celebrate 200 Years of Railway History!
In 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened the world’s first passenger railway station on Saturday 27th September — a milestone that transformed travel forever. Steam locomotives carried passengers and goods at unprecedented speed, sparking a transport revolution that connected towns, boosted industry, and shaped modern Britain.
This special SideTracked Railway 200 event at Kimg's Cross St Pancras is part of a nationwide celebration running from Tuesday 23rd to Monday 29th September 2025. All finds and hides from this event count towards your SideTracked statistics, and a unique badge has been created especially for this event. Whether your chosen location is old, disused, miniature, or still bustling today, it’s part of a railway story that’s been 200 years in the making.
