King 's Cross station and Euston station bombings were two bombing attacks on 10 September 1973 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) that targeted two mainline railway stations in central London . The blasts wounded 13 civilians , some of whom were seriously injured , and also caused large-scale but superficial damage . This was a second wave of bombing attacks launched by the IRA in England in 1973 after the Old Bailey car bombing earlier in the year which had killed one and injured around 200 civilians
Old Bailey car bombing
1973 Old Bailey bombing
Bombings of King's Cross and Euston stations