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In article , Cast_Iron
writes 2. Stations which are geographically separate and not linked but which have the same name must each be visited. This applies to Shepherds Bush, (Central) Edgware Road, (Bakerloo) Paddington(Bakerloo and separately Circle/District) and Hammersmith (District & Piccadilly). [All on the Hammersmith & City line!] Shepherds Bush, Edgware Rd and Hammersmith are clearly separate stations. There was some recent discussion of Paddington, for example. What is it about Paddington that makes it "more separate" than Kings Cross? There are in reality three stations at Paddington. There are the original "Bishops Road" platforms, now the H&C, the Circle/District platforms and lastly the Bakerloo. The booking halls of the latter have been joined by tunnel whilst the former is at the country end of the mainline platforms. Yes, but my question is this: why aren't the two stations at Kings Cross also regarded as separate (H&C/Circle, and Victoria/Northern/Picc). Is it something to do with the distance between the sets of platforms? Or having to go through barriers to reach one from the other (obviously this also applies at KX). All three stations at Paddington are within the main station "envelope" (which is more than you can say for the Bakerloo at Charging Cross, whose separate booking office is under Trafalgar Sq!) -- "It used to be that what a writer did was type a bit and then stare out of the window a bit, type a bit, stare out of the window a bit. Networked computers make these two activities converge, because now the thing you type on and the window you stare out of are the same thing" - Douglas Adams 28/1/99. |
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Colin Rosenstiel writes It also means that Bank-Monument is one station but Bank (W&C) was separate (no longer I think). If you are looking for barriers in the sense that your ticket might be checked (if only by hand) then the Waterloo end of W&C probably counts as well. Is there a short-cut from the Bakerloo/Northern platforms to W&C that doesn't go via that long wide corridor underneath all the mainline platforms? -- "It used to be that what a writer did was type a bit and then stare out of the window a bit, type a bit, stare out of the window a bit. Networked computers make these two activities converge, because now the thing you type on and the window you stare out of are the same thing" - Douglas Adams 28/1/99. |
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Colin Rosenstiel writes Is there a short-cut from the Bakerloo/Northern platforms to W&C that doesn't go via that long wide corridor underneath all the mainline platforms? No, there are barriers between the W&C and the rest, I'm sure. In 1970, of course, barriers were all staffed not automatic. So we agree that Waterloo should be added to Paddington, as somewhere with two distinct underground stations. -- "It used to be that what a writer did was type a bit and then stare out of the window a bit, type a bit, stare out of the window a bit. Networked computers make these two activities converge, because now the thing you type on and the window you stare out of are the same thing" - Douglas Adams 28/1/99. |
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