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Colin Rosenstiel · March 23rd 07, 01:39 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Jack Taylor) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

That's my concern as a cyclist. Access from Euston Road or Gray's
Inn Road to trains via a footbridge is not acceptable.

As a fellow cyclist, who sometimes brings his bike through town en
route to Peterborough or Cambridge, I'd agree. However, as we're
talking about a situation following the GN link-up with the
Thameslink services, it may be that any remaining FCC (or
successor's) services are concentrated on the suburban station and
the entire main trainshed used for InterCity services - so,
certainly for us, the issue may not be relevant. Of course, there
was a desire to try and get rid of the suburban platforms entirely,
with the main trainshed used for everything. That objective may not
be possible in view of rising passenger numbers and increased
service frequencies, but if it is then access via the front of the
station to the trainshed would be preferable to battling with lifts
in order to use the new footbridge!

I have a feeling that work to King's Cross will precede the St Pancras
Midland Road GN connection and by the time that happens I'll have
retired.

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Colin Rosenstiel