"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 11:48:39

I think we are all perhaps underestimating the extent to which there's
this clockwise one-way system. South along the mainline platforms through
the gates to the new plaza, and then through the domed area via the bridge
to the platforms. You can't get to the ticket office, suburban platforms
or St Pancras without that detour, and they seem quite keen to stop people
taking a short cut to the mainline platforms.

Sorry Roland, but you seem to be rather fixed on the idea that the main
entrance flow will be via the footbridge, but all the evidence is that it is
scaled for only about 20% of the entrance flows, in terms of numbers of
barriers, and its access is from the catering floor through a relatively
small opening in the western offices.

The main entrance flow is clearly via the southern end of the new ticket
hall at ground level, which is why the large space is being created at the
buffer stop end of (current) platforms 5-8. It's also presumably why the
vast majority of the waiting area for passengers is on the ground floor -
that's where there's a large area of seating.

Paul S