"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 03:06:53 on
Fri, 13 Jan 2012, remarked:
There will be a large circulation area inside the barriers across the end
of the platforms which will allow access to the new concourse.
FSVO "large", especially at the eastern end (there's about 10m between the
P1-4 buffers and the outside wall, some of which will be gateline).
That's why they want everyone to exit south, out onto the plaza. And
people not to be trying to get *onto* the lower numbered platforms other
than by the bridge.
My deja-vu alarm is sounding now - and as you should possibly recall from
the passenger flow diagrams discussed a while back, the _main_ entry route
to the platforms 0-8 for departing passengers is clearly shown to be via the
ground floor at the south end of the western range, and round the buffer
stop ends. The weighting of the flow arrows on the diagrams makes this
abundantly clear. No-one is going to be forced to go up to the mezzanine
level and down again onto the platforms - there just isn't the capacity
anyway when you note the relative numbers of ticket barriers and the
comparative physical space shown.
Additionally, departing passengers (ie those arriving on trains departing
the station to outside) also have a route into the western concourse without
going outside, as the relevant barrier line is also shown as two way,
although heavily biased into the station.
[In a short series of posts back whenever we discussed the fact that the use
of the terms arriving and departing was counter-intuitive and was referring
to the street rather than the trains.]
Paul S