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umpston · June 2nd 05, 06:53 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Paul Terry wrote:
In message . com,
writes

A confidential Newham council report, seen by the Evening Standard,
states that Union Railways has "made clear" it does not wish to comply
with the travelator condition "on the grounds that they do not have a
budget for development of the link".

The story (like most in the E.S.) is hardly new - this was known months,
if not years ago.

However, the suspicion has always been that Union Railways want
passengers to walk past a quarter of a mile of retail outlets when
transferring between the two stations. A travelator, from which
passengers could not alight en route, would spell death to such
commercial ambitions.

Surely a compromise is possible, e.g. 3 or 4 shorter travelators with
gaps in between so that people can get off and go shopping - no doubt
many would want to.