The Railway Magazine is suggesting this month, in a small piece on p11,
that:

"Contrary to previously announced plans, it is now understood that the
Eurostar platforms and trainshed may be turned into a shopping mall."

This would seem on the face of it to conflict completely with the Route
plan, which has platform 20 back in use by SWT this December, [in fact SWT
have had a trains in there a few weeks ago looking at signal sighting etc]
and the other 4 platforms returned to use during the next control period, ie
2009 to 2014.

Now there is obviously room in the undercroft for retail, especially if the
main concourse is reduced in depth at the suburban end, but is there any
real likelihood of the suggestion above occuring? Or are they talking about
'air rights'?

Paul S