On May 4, 6:51�pm, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 04/05/2010 10:04, JohnLon wrote:







Surely the platforms weren't stolen from the commuters, as only people
from SWT-land ever use Eurostar. This is why Eurostar has run almost
emnpty since moving to King's Cross, where the locals are too busy
putting ferrets down their trousers to need to travel abroad. See
uk.railway passim...

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Arthur Figgis � � � � � � � � Surrey, UK

I agree,the political decision to move Eurostar to Kings Cross/St
Pancras just to revitalize East London was a waste of money. We now
have 2 stations unused or little used, Waterloo International still
standing empty and Stratford International where Eurostar does not
stop!
I used Eurostar several time each year when it was at Waterloo, but
have only used it once since its move.
The approach journey into London on the new route is mainly in a
tunnel so nothing to see. Getting a train to the south from a station
that serves the North does not seem right, and the old station at St
Pancras is very cold and draughty. The St Pancras old cellar basement
departure lounge, with all those old supporting pillars, is not a
patch on the one that was at Waterloo. the High Speed line should have
been brought into Waterloo. and the existing facility used.

No, I reckon they should have revived Waddon as a site for international
departures from London.

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Arthur Figgis � � � � � � � � Surrey, UK- Hide quoted text -

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But the point that everyone seems to be missing is WHY are the
platforms at Waterloo not being brought into use NOW?

All the effort (and from the outside it looked like a lot of work was
going on under the glass roofs) to make it into a theatre set, instead
of bringing the signalling or whatever needs to be done, and passages/
stairwas to integrate it into the mainline station.

M.M.