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, at 17:06:51 on Fri, 28 Dec 2012, Recliner
remarked:
But there aren't any "retail opportunities" in the underground labyrinth
connecting the tube tunnels to the barriers.

But there's a vast number connecting the Thameslink platforms and for
that matter the Midland Main Line platforms with the tube system, whether
you choose to go the length of the old St.Pancras station or across in
the King's Cross direction and then down.

True, but the original complaint had been about the longer routes from the
Picc and Vic platforms to the exits, and those have no shops. As for the
new TL platforms, they actually are quite a long way from the tube
platforms, shops or no shops.

The southern end of the TL platforms are actually very close to the
western end of the Northern Line platforms. And it's only a short
escalator from the eastern end of the Northern Line platforms to the
Piccadilly Line.

And 50% of the human race (ie, women) do actually like shops and
shopping...

Although I'm told that in the Winter the St Pancras shed is so cold that
you wouldn't actually want to linger in it.
--
Roland Perry