"gs" wrote in message
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Talking about kings cross circle and metropolitan branch why is the
stream of passengers set the wrong way round??
to board a train you have to walk what seems quarter of a mile
up through the ticket hall. why cant they reverse this so if you are
boarding
you go through the nearest set of gates and passengers exiting
use the exits further up?

It's not wrong. If the entrance was at the eastern end of the platforms,
there would be massive congestion as all the lemming passengers waited there
instead of using the full length of the platform. Also, the the loading of
trains in both directions on this section is such that the eastern end is
generally more crowded - with many of these passengers wishing to alight at
K+. The current arrangement (i) allows these passengers to leave the
platform quickly, and, (ii) prevents the crowded part of trains from
becoming even more crowded.