In message , at 16:28:38 on Mon, 15
Nov 2010, Paul Terry remarked:
NR have announced their initial ideas about moving the concourse
catering/retail outlets at Waterloo up to first floor level, with
escalator connections etc, freeing up space for passenger circulation.

Thanks for the link. It does seem extraordinary, though, that over a
million pounds a year is being spent in maintaining the unused Eurostar
platforms and terminal at Waterloo. I should have thought that bringing
them back into use would have been more of a priority.

It's been reported that the bottleneck at Waterloo isn't platform
capacity, but tracks outside the station.
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Roland Perry