On 17/01/2014 21:53, Robin wrote:

As an aside Greater Anglia now have a gateline in operation at
Tottenham Hale which means everyone has to schlep out of the LU ticket
hall into the cold and rain and then through the new GA gateline. The
former covered connection has been closed off.

Ahem, it's not always cold and raining at Tottenham Hale; it just feels
like it is


Feels like it's raining everywhere all the time at the moment!

(That said, some lovely sharp winter sunshine today.)

On 2014\01\17 21:53, Robin wrote:
As an aside Greater Anglia now have a gateline in operation at
Tottenham Hale which means everyone has to schlep out of the LU ticket
hall into the cold and rain and then through the new GA gateline. The
former covered connection has been closed off.

Ahem, it's not always cold and raining at Tottenham Hale; it just feels
like it is

I had wondered where the name came from.

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

As an aside Greater Anglia now have a gateline in operation at
Tottenham Hale which means everyone has to schlep out of the LU ticket
hall into the cold and rain and then through the new GA gateline. The
former covered connection has been closed off.

Oh, FFS! Why can't they put barriers on the interchange link too?

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Colin Rosenstiel

Oh, FFS! Why can't they put barriers on the interchange link too?

Possibly just an interim step to mitigate the congestion in the ticket
hall pending the major works planned to make the ticket hall bigger etc
etc [1]? I only use the station occasionally, and outside rush hours,
but have been hit (sic) even then by the awful crossflow caused by the 2
sets of gates.


[1] There was summat in the free London papers and Google finds for me
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tro/29279.aspx
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Robin
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In article , (Robin) wrote:

Oh, FFS! Why can't they put barriers on the interchange link too?

Possibly just an interim step to mitigate the congestion in the
ticket hall pending the major works planned to make the ticket hall
bigger etc etc [1]? I only use the station occasionally, and outside
rush hours, but have been hit (sic) even then by the awful crossflow
caused by the 2 sets of gates.


[1] There was summat in the free London papers and Google finds for
me http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tro/29279.aspx

Oh yes! I suppose a fairly major rebuild will also be needed if the Lea
Valley lines widening comes off. Wouldn't that make Tottenham Hale a four
platform station?

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Colin Rosenstiel

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:43:25 +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:
FCC put ticket gates on their platforms

Some of them. The new platform 1 and 2 (used by most local stopping
services heading towards Moorgate and King's Cross don't have barriers
for some reason. 5 and 6 also don't have barriers but very few trains
use them.

In article ,
(David Walters) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:43:25 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:
FCC put ticket gates on their platforms

Some of them. The new platform 1 and 2 (used by most local stopping
services heading towards Moorgate and King's Cross don't have barriers
for some reason. 5 and 6 also don't have barriers but very few trains
use them.

I presume this is because the FCC barriers were put in before 1 & 2 were
completed and that therefore they will be coming along soon.

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Colin Rosenstiel

On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 05:13:27 -0600, wrote:
In article ,
(David Walters) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:43:25 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:
FCC put ticket gates on their platforms

Some of them. The new platform 1 and 2 (used by most local stopping
services heading towards Moorgate and King's Cross don't have barriers
for some reason. 5 and 6 also don't have barriers but very few trains
use them.

I presume this is because the FCC barriers were put in before 1 & 2 were
completed and that therefore they will be coming along soon.

They were put in before 1 and 2 were started. They are actually old
platforms that have been brought back into use but that has meant
installing a lift, moving the stairs, new platform buildings, new
platform surfaces, new signs, new CCTV, new PA etc. It seems odd that
gates weren't included in all that.

Is there a plan to gate the whole station which would make barriers on
the platforms unnecessary?

In article ,
(David Walters) wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 05:13:27 -0600,
wrote:
In article ,
(David Walters) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:43:25 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:
FCC put ticket gates on their platforms

Some of them. The new platform 1 and 2 (used by most local stopping
services heading towards Moorgate and King's Cross don't have barriers
for some reason. 5 and 6 also don't have barriers but very few trains
use them.

I presume this is because the FCC barriers were put in before 1 & 2
were completed and that therefore they will be coming along soon.

They were put in before 1 and 2 were started. They are actually old
platforms that have been brought back into use but that has meant
installing a lift, moving the stairs, new platform buildings, new
platform surfaces, new signs, new CCTV, new PA etc. It seems odd that
gates weren't included in all that.

1 & 2 have never been opened as platforms before. They were partly
constructed before the war for the Northern Heights extension of the
Northern City Line but never completed before now.

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Colin Rosenstiel

Thank you for that. Most helpful (as usual); and all well within her
capability.

Thank you too for telling me where I could have found the info. for
myself. I did look; and have changed my Firefox settings so I can try
to do better in the future on the NR site (although I know that's
probably as credible as the dog ate my homework).

I have also noted the way to get the info from the TfL site. (I was
interested to compare that with where I was led to when I followed the
link from Jouney Planner to the page for Finsbury Park station
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/...s/1000083.aspx That tells me
there is no step-free access. But it points for details only to
Step-Free tube guide (which adds nothing more) or to
http://www.directenquiries.com/. I gave up on the latter but encouraged
(and embarrassed) by your info. I revisited it and find that after 7 (!)
further clicks I can get the same answer (albeit in a prettier graphical
format).

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Robin
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