jonmorris wrote:
On 18 Dec, 21:52, Roland Perry wrote:

Now that the station is fully open it's even more apparent what a stupid
idea it was not to have some escalators down from the P1-4 concourse to
(eg) the same place as the FCC escalators go down.

I think that it's also rather silly that there are signs for "UK rail
tickets" - and two totally separate ticket offices next door to each
other. One for East Midlands and one for FCC. I guess SET will get one
of their own too when they start!

How or why does a tourist want to worry about where to queue up. Sure,
most will sell tickets for each other but that makes it even more
nonsensical!

While it is not a justification for it, some tourists, particularly from
Eastern Europe, might be used to this sort of thing.

Try working out whether the semi-mythical Hungarian tourist rover ticket
is an inter-city, local or international product, all of which have to
be bought at totally separate ticket offices at
Budapest-whichever-it-was station.

Sofia Central is similar - how does a tourist know which office to use?
The difference is that BDZ won't sell tickets at the "wrong" window.
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK