Dave Arquati typed


John Rowland wrote:
.... seems to have been permanently closed to pedestrians about six
months
after it opened, and replaced by the reinstatement of the old bus stop in
Kingsway. Does anyone know the full story here?

Is this the one where the pedestrian layout was so poor that people were
hopping over fences and getting hit by buses entering or leaving the bus
station?

Certainly pedestrians hit by buses; unaware of fences.

Tally-Ho Corner is shaped like a big A.

The old bus station occupied a fair bit of land, on which a new, pricy
block of flats was built, as well as some shops.

The new bus station occupied a cross-bar of the A under some of the
building and was being used as a cut-through by buses. This practice has
now been stopped.

Pedestrian priorities were poorly designed.

The M&S Simply Food outlet, inside the A was so inaccessible due to
traffic that it closed.

Horrible. I am no longer mobile enough to use the buses for my monthly
trips to North Finchley, but waiting for a 221 on Kingsway was no joy
either.

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

Certainly pedestrians hit by buses; unaware of fences.

If someone got hit by a bus at that old bus station then they must've
been pretty clueless. The sharp turns into it meant that the buses
were never doing more than probably 15mph. And its not hard to spot
a big red 12 foot high double decker. But then some people can't
even spot a train when crossing a level crossing so what do I know...

The M&S Simply Food outlet, inside the A was so inaccessible due to
traffic that it closed.

That and the fact they built it a long walk from the main carpark so
no many people could be bothered to walk there. Also Waitrose is
200 metres down the road and Sainsburys about 400 metres up it
and what with M&S prices ....

B2003

"Boltar" typed

The M&S Simply Food outlet, inside the A was so inaccessible due to
traffic that it closed.

That and the fact they built it a long walk from the main carpark so
no many people could be bothered to walk there. Also Waitrose is
200 metres down the road and Sainsburys about 400 metres up it
and what with M&S prices ....

An 'inconvenience shop' by any other name!

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.