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Embankment - congestion relief
Is there any reason that the old sloping tunnel to the Bakerloo
platform from the west end of the eastbound circle line platforms can't be brought back into use? The bridge they used over the bakerloo line and the stairs down to the platforms from it seem to still be there - at least on the northbound side (I can't work out what's happened to the access onto the southbound). The old spiral stairs onto the northern line are still used - and certainly seem helpful when the station is congested. Obviously the old lift shaft is cut off by the escalator up to the surface from the interchange passages below the circle line (or at least I assume that's why the escalator passes through a very circular area half way up), but can't the lower parts of the shaft be brought back as another spiral? |
Embankment - congestion relief
On 16 Dec, 14:10, lonelytraveller
wrote: Is there any reason that the old sloping tunnel to the Bakerloo platform from the west end of the eastbound circle line platforms can't be brought back into use? The bridge they used over the bakerloo line and the stairs down to the platforms from it seem to still be there - at least on the northbound side (I can't work out what's happened to the access onto the southbound). The old spiral stairs onto the northern line are still used - and certainly seem helpful when the station is congested. Obviously the old lift shaft is cut off by the escalator up to the surface from the interchange passages below the circle line (or at least I assume that's why the escalator passes through a very circular area half way up), but can't the lower parts of the shaft be brought back as another spiral? I forgot to mention that there's a map of how the station used to be laid out he http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianvisits/1558759742/ If you look very closely, you'll realise its the old passageway that's shown, not the new one. The stairs onto the bakerloo from the passage are to the left (heading from the passage) not the right. |
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