On Mon, 2 Feb 2009, Neil Williams wrote:

On 2 Feb, 14:02, Tom Anderson wrote:

Let's make sure we're on the same wavelength here - are we talking about
this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...on_station_con...

Yep. Spacious, airy, practical and warm. Everything that a number of
other main termini are not.

Interesting, no, but then that's not what it's there for.

Yes, i'd agree with that. It's functional - especially now the shops have
been thinned out - but nothing more.

I think the layout could be better - heading into or out from the
underground station, i often get caught in flows heading the wrong way,
and have to fight my way across them. A problem i never have at Liverpool
Street, Victoria, etc.

On top of that, the station could be much prettier, and make better use of
the land, but those are merely icing on the cake of functionality.

(now minus some of the shops)

All 3 of the "teepee" like ones around the pillars visible on the photo
above have gone. Makes quite a difference.

Yes, it felt like almost a different place when i first went there after
the rearrangement.

tom

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