 The Victoria line platforms were opened on 1 December 1968.A major expansion to accommodate High Speed 1 at St Pancras opened in November 2009.The station is mentioned in Chapter 2 of E.M. Forster's 1910 novel "Howards End", where it suggests "infinity" to the eldest Schlegel daughter, Margaret, and contrasted with the "facile splendours" of St. Pancras.