On 31/08/16 10:41, tim... wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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I see complaints in the Standard of "narrow platforms".

I know for a fact the through lines have exactly the same spacing as
before (been going through it for the last year on the train).

Are they complaining about the fact that there are those big flassed
off rectangles where the escalators are? Or is it false perception due
to being extra crowded as Cannon St is closed?

Cannon St's not closed (unless it was just a one-off)

The difficultly is that Cannon Street trains are not stopping at London
Bridge (for the next 2 years)

It *might* have been a one off the other day, or maybe just affecting
the Hastings line. I recall the guard saying "closed" when apologising
for out train being rammed (properly, not in a Jeremy Corbyn way).

I know the whole London Bridge thing has some funny short term
restrictions in August covering the switchover (CHX trains stopping at
Lon Br, and Cannot St not for the next year or so).

Looking very smart though - and I have used the terminus platforms once
last week when the Hastings trains started there (Sevenoaks line closed
for engineering, Hastings taking the scenic route via Redhill).

It's looking a LOT better than that horrid abomination that was there
throughout my childhood until recently.