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umpston wrote:

Thanks for the info. John - this also explains the rather redundant
ticket offices and machines by the Jubilee barrier. Architecturally
I think Stratford is a wonderful station - with the North London Line
running through the middle of the concourse. I'm not a fan of the
trend to hide away the trains behind high barriers, many modern
stations (or refurbs of old ones) seem to be pretending to be airport
lounges. Shame about the scaffolding still in place around it though
where (so I'm told) there is a risk of the glass falling out - will
they ever put it right?

We only shut the NLL for about 4 weekends during the construction of
the Concourse - not bad!

Don't get me started about the glass. There's nothing wrong with it,
its just a perception.

Remember, the design was carried out when bombs were still going off in
London. One of the JLEP team was very near South Quay when that went
up. We designed for that. We carried out a full risk assessment for all
the glass - I know, I wrote it. LUL has never formaly got back to us
with any criticism, even when a contractor knocked out a panel and
virtually the first people on the scene was a group of HM Railway
Inspectors!

John Haines