Charing Cross station
Charing Cross station is a railway terminus in the Strand beside Trafalgar Square. Several memories point you here, from the End of the Line engine heist to Darwin's fossil delivery.
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- The Strand
Good to know
- In End of the Line, Jacob sends the stolen engines here for the Rooks to collect.
- In The Berlin Specimen, a fossil courier for Charles Darwin is due to arrive here.
- The Fletchers' Templar Hunt mentions it as a place they recruit children.
- A locked chest in the station holds the Wabar Pearl, needed to craft the Maximum Dracula outfit.
- Its trains are among those running on the game's six-station network.
History
Sir John Hawkshaw designed the station for the South Eastern Railway, and it opened in 1864 on the site of the old village of Charing.
End of the Line
When the engines reach Waterloo, Jacob tells a Rook to gather a team at Charing Cross, because he plans to send the train there before Starrick's men can unload it.
The Berlin SpecimenSpoilerShow
Darwin asks the twins to meet his German colleague Dr. Schwartz here and bring him and his fossil safely to Darwin. The man who arrives is an impostor sent to kill Darwin; the twins deal with him and deliver the fossil themselves.
End of the LineEnd of the Line ends Sequence 5 at Waterloo station, where Jacob has to reach Pearl Attaway's fortified train carriage before Starrick's men collect the engines. You free a hostage station chief, clear the crowd and find a weak point in the carriage roof.- The Berlin SpecimenThe Berlin Specimen is the first Charles Darwin memory: Darwin asks you to meet a German colleague at Charing Cross station and bring him and a valuable fossil safely across London. Blighters are already searching the crowds for him.
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