Carl Bowman wrote:
"Robin Mayes" wrote in message
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"Carl Bowman" wrote in message
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"John Rowland" wrote in
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Isn't that entrance going to become an unmanned emergency exit
only, once the TL platforms shut?

So, in an emergency, out of the frying pan...



?

The immediate vicinity of KX Thameslink is less than salubrious, so
any passengers exiting a future closed KX Thameslink in the event
of an emergency would not find themselves in an area of London
village mentioned in the tourist guidebooks.

Yes, I'm sure people emerging from an emergency evacuation would be ever
so distressed at not being able to see a Starbucks.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Robin Mayes wrote:

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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I meant once KXTL is closed and StP MR is open. If that ticket office is
closed then I imagine a member of (LU) staff will be still be required
to man the gates - which would probably lead to restricted opening hours
for that entrance.


When have you heard KXTL will close?

Camden Council say it is due to close in 2007. Presumably they mean it
will close when Midland Road opens - also due in 2007.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 07:12:05 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...

I meant once KXTL is closed and StP MR is open.
If that ticket office is closed then I imagine a member
of (LU) staff will be still be required to man the gates -
which would probably lead to restricted opening hours
for that entrance.

Isn't that entrance going to become an unmanned emergency exit only, once
the TL platforms shut?

If that is the case, why did LU bother to make it a full time access,
changing lots of signs, a few years ago. I assumed that they
identified a need for a separate station for local users -
particularly when all the rebuilding work in the area is finished.
--
Peter Lawrence

In article ,
(Dave Arquati) wrote:

Robin Mayes wrote:

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...

I meant once KXTL is closed and StP MR is open. If that ticket office
is closed then I imagine a member of (LU) staff will be still be
required to man the gates - which would probably lead to restricted
opening hours for that entrance.

When have you heard KXTL will close?

Camden Council say it is due to close in 2007. Presumably they mean it
will close when Midland Road opens - also due in 2007.

Curious that Camden should say that. Isn't KXTL in Islington?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Dave Arquati) wrote:

Robin Mayes wrote:

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...

I meant once KXTL is closed and StP MR is open. If that ticket
office is closed then I imagine a member of (LU) staff will be
still be required to man the gates - which would probably lead
to restricted opening hours for that entrance.

When have you heard KXTL will close?

Camden Council say it is due to close in 2007. Presumably they
mean it will close when Midland Road opens - also due in 2007.

Curious that Camden should say that. Isn't KXTL in Islington?

Not quite. The boundary runs down York Way, then along Pentonville Road
and Kings Cross Road. So KXTL is in Camden but the other side of
Pentonville Road is in Islington.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Dave Arquati) wrote:

Robin Mayes wrote:

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...

I meant once KXTL is closed and StP MR is open. If that ticket
office is closed then I imagine a member of (LU) staff will be
still be required to man the gates - which would probably lead
to restricted opening hours for that entrance.

When have you heard KXTL will close?

Camden Council say it is due to close in 2007. Presumably they
mean it will close when Midland Road opens - also due in 2007.

Curious that Camden should say that. Isn't KXTL in Islington?

Not quite. The boundary runs down York Way, then along Pentonville Road
and Kings Cross Road. So KXTL is in Camden but the other side of
Pentonville Road is in Islington.

Ah! Missed that.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Because to use it, you have to have a ticket to go through the Picadilly
gate at KGX.

Well a sign like: "Kings Cross ThamesLink (Ticket Holders Only)" would have
been good, which would save a horrible walk down a crowded road where you
have to wait forever for the Crossing to change to green
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