The staircases down to platform level seem rather narrow at the moment;
are they putting an escalator in behind the hordings?

I think they are putting another lift in - the whole thing will be a
mirror image of the exit stairs.

The new opening has all been a bit of an anti-climax now it's opened. The
location of the ticket machines in the new hall seems ill thought out,
right by the gate line and obstructing the main flow from the old ticket
hall. It also seems the fashion to put tube maps in places where they
obstruct the flow (ground level corner entrance to the new ticket hall).
The walk from the new ticket hall towards old going up to surface level
puts you in conflict with those coming from the old ticket hall towards the
new one.

I guess it'll all get much better once you can connect directly instead of
between the two ticket halls. At the moment it's a bit of a daily nightmare
in both directions

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