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March 23rd 07, 09:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Colin Rosenstiel
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St Pancras 'Midland Road'
In article . com,
(brixtonite) wrote:
Why are you still concerned then? The information provided
earlier shows quite clearly that the 'main' access, and all the
exits, for platforms 1-7 is from the south west corner and south
end of the station, where the steps come up from the tube ticket
hall, in fact.[....]
Paul
Although the current passageway from the tube ticket hall that rises
in the station concourse is to be closed, according to the plans at
http://www.tinyurl.com/35bocd
(very detailed, so very large file!),
and replaced by a staircase coming off the new passage connecting
the tube ticket hall to the northern ticket hall. Good job too - the
current passage is the one bit of kxsp underground station that is
still in an awful state.
Thanks for pointing to those plans, or no thanks. Looking at them I now
wonder how on earth cyclists are supposed to get from trains arriving at
platforms 9-11 to Pancras Road. One advantage of arriving on those
platforms now is a much shorter walking route to getting on one's bike.
I do believe that no one has audited these plans for their impact on
cyclists using trains (as opposed to the irrelevant for these purposes
cycle parking). As I've said before, King's Cross (including the Midland
Road Thameslink platforms in future) is now the London terminal for
services to Cambridge, Britain's premier cycling city. It must therefore
expect to handle more cyclists using trains than any other London
terminal. Being completely ignored is hardly consideration.
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