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Richard J. · July 10th 05, 11:57 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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lid (asdf) wrote:

Piccadilly Line: No service between Hyde Park Corner and Arnos
Grove and between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge

Why no Uxbridge service?

Kings Cross Underground Station is open for Metropolitan line
trains only

When will the Victoria and Northern platforms re-open? What
reason is there not to do so now?

Presumably any passengers using the Victoria or Northern lines
would be getting in the way of the rescue workers on the
Piccadilly platforms.

I find that surprising, for the Victoria at least. It has separate
escalators even. Also the reports said the rescue work was having
to take place from the front of the train, i,e. Russell Square.

Then perhaps the reports are wrong. Many of them are still
contradictory, so it wouldn't surprise me. As for King's Cross St
Pancras, don't all the main escalators lead to the same tube ticket
hall? It seems to me perfectly reasonable that the people examining and
removing body parts from the tunnel should be able to bring them up into
an area to which the public don't have access. Possibly the Victoria
could be accessed via the Thameslink station, but I'm not sure what the
crowd control implications would be.
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Richard J.
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