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Martin Underwood · November 26th 06, 11:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Phil Richards wrote in message
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Any idea who is responsible for the upkeep of this? Network Rail or
Lambeth Council?

Is this walkway fully open again? At one time (until maybe ten years ago)
you could walk at high level all the way from the Eurostar end of Waterloo
right to Charing Cross, with just a dip under the tracks out of Charing
Cross. Then they closed the section from the far side of Waterloo Road
through the Shell Building and under the railway tracks: you had to come
down to ground level at Waterloo Road, walk along past the arches of the
viaduct and then climb back up a concrete spiral staircase near the Nelson
Mandela statue.

I never worked out why they closed part of the walkway or whether it was
intended to be a temporary or a permanent closure.