On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:00:55 +0000, Ar wrote:

At least Eurostar will get less people using the service. No matter
what you say, for day trippers from the continent, St.Pancras may as
well be on the backside of the moon.

So, by your logic, lots of people also avoid going to Paris for the
day because of the location of Gare du Nord?

I suspect that most day trippers would get off the train and look at a
tube map or jump in a taxi to get to what they want to see first. As
KX/StP has more tube connections than Waterloo not only can people
reach more central London destinations in one hop, they should also be
able to find their way back to the station more comfortably.

I wonder just how many E* travellers unfamiliar with London have ended
up on the southbound Bank branch of the Northern line expecting it to
take them to Waterloo...?

"G" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:00:55 +0000, Ar wrote:

At least Eurostar will get less people using the service. No matter
what you say, for day trippers from the continent, St.Pancras may as
well be on the backside of the moon.

So, by your logic, lots of people also avoid going to Paris for the
day because of the location of Gare du Nord?


At Paris Nord, the move to St Pancras is advertised as taking Eurostar
nearer to Central London, which appears to confim that Eurostar think they
are now in a better location....

Paul

Paul Scott wrote:

"G" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:00:55 +0000, Ar wrote:

At least Eurostar will get less people using the service. No matter
what you say, for day trippers from the continent, St.Pancras may as
well be on the backside of the moon.

So, by your logic, lots of people also avoid going to Paris for the
day because of the location of Gare du Nord?


At Paris Nord, the move to St Pancras is advertised as taking Eurostar
nearer to Central London, which appears to confim that Eurostar think they
are now in a better location....

Paul

I'd suggest that it merely confirms that is one part of their
advertising strategy.

St. Pancras and Waterloo as locations both have their plus and minus
points. I suppose there is a larger amount of potential hotel
accommodation for tourists nearer St Pancras than is the case with
Waterloo, though many of the hotels in the West End are broadly
equidistant from either station. Of course there's more Underground
lines which might help people get to where they want to go easier.

G wrote:

I wonder just how many E* travellers unfamiliar with London have ended
up on the southbound Bank branch of the Northern line expecting it to
take them to Waterloo...?

The same as the number who will now end up on the Charing Cross branch
expecting it to take them to St Pancras.

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:29:07 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

G wrote:

I wonder just how many E* travellers unfamiliar with London have ended
up on the southbound Bank branch of the Northern line expecting it to
take them to Waterloo...?

The same as the number who will now end up on the Charing Cross branch
expecting it to take them to St Pancras.

Good point!