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Colin Rosenstiel · December 9th 07, 10:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Sky Rider) wrote:

*Subject:* St P.I..L.L Impressions.
*From:* Sky Rider
*Date:* Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:08:11 GMT

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
Do you have to buy a glass to use a seat?

There are a handful of public seats on the Midland Main Line
concourse and on the Thameslink platforms, but the rest of the
seats are allocated to cafes, restaurants and the champagne bar
(which has plenty of seats, hence my earlier remark).

Yes, I know that. But do you have to buy a glass of champagne to use a
seat in the champagne bar?

Not so much legendary as long departed. You mean Midland Curve
surely?
Hotel Curve was from the Widened Lines up to the King's Cross
suburban
platform 16, long since gone.

If the Midland Curve is the section of King's Cross Tunnel where
the carriage length limit is significantly restricted due to the
severity of the curve then yes.

That's not as helpful as you might think. IIRC all the Widened Lines
curves were restricted by sharp curvature to some extent.

How will one get a bike between the platforms and street level
then?

If the lifts (let's call them 1 and 2) are big enough then your
options a
Street level - Lift 1 - Southbound platform
Street level - Lift 1 - Mezzanine - Lift 2 - Northbound platform

Ugh!

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Colin