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Tim Roll-Pickering · September 5th 06, 11:26 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:

It seems a bit mean not to at least make West
Croydon fully accessible though, which surely wouldn't be a very
difficult job?

Not sure - there isn't much in the way of direct vertical points between the
ticket hall and the platforms in the current layout. The area where the
steps from Platforms 1-3 meet the bridge from Platform 4 and the entrance to
the ticket hall has always been a nightmare - pre barriers the ticket
inspectors would stand in the small entry portal and any problem ticket
could cause chaos as no-one could get round.

A shaft that come down onto the old Platform 2, combined with some levelling
of platform 1/3, would still have the problem of the level of the bridge.
And the ramp down to Platform 4 is possibly too steep, even if you could
level off everything else.