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Colin Rosenstiel · March 19th 07, 06:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Jack Taylor) wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:

Depends where you are starting from. Surely most of the passengers
arrive either by road at the front of the station, or by tube
(which is also at the front of the station). The only direction
that the suburban platforms are closer is St Pancras.

Yes - *currently*. We are talking about the future, when the new
main concourse is built between the GN hotel and the suburban
platforms, the new LUL northern concourse is open, adjacent to it,
and the current "temporary" mess at the front of KX has been
demolished and landscaped. The main route then will be through the
new LUL concourse (of from adjacent taxi points) into the new
mainline concourse. Very little traffic will use the existing
entrance/exit at the front of the station, mainly foot passengers
exiting to Euston Road/Pentonville Road/Grays Inn Road or those
using that entrance to LUL. All travellers arriving at King's Cross
will be funneled through the new west side entrance, so the
suburban platforms (the only ones for which access will be "on the
level" from the new ticket office) will actually be far more
accessible than the mainline platforms, for which it will be
necessary to go up to the waiting area on the first floor, then
across the new footbridge in the centre of the station and down to
platform level using either escalators or lifts.

What about cyclists?! This is what I've been asking about and haven't
been getting intelligent answers.

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Colin Rosenstiel