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Old July 25th 07, 04:50 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default St Pancras International

On 25 Jul, 16:25, "MichaelJP" wrote:
On a more mundane note, anyone know when the pedestrian tunnel opens from
the MML platforms allowing access south to the tube station? Sick of getting
soaked!


There will be two routes from the MML concourse area to the
Underground:

1. A subway heading eastwards to the Northern Ticket Hall currently
under construction, and which will mainly serve the Vic/Pic/Northern
passengers

2. Southwards at street level inside the original St P trainshed to
the Western Ticket Hall, which will long-term mainly serve Met/Circle/
H&C passengers

The first route can't open properly until the new Northern Ticket Hall
is open. When the interim St P MML station opened a couple of years
ago the completed part of this subway, to the opposite side of Pancras
Road, was open for a little while. It was pretty useless however -
escalators to the concourse, but only stairs on Pancras Road - and it
was (is) much easier staying at street level.

The second route is through the construction zone in the trainshed,
past some of the shops, Eurostar departures/arrivals and ticket
office, so I wouldn't expect it to open until Eurostar starts on 14
November. To open any earlier would interfere with the inevitable last
minute fitting out works, a

The full plans (PDF) of the St Pancras International layout are on:
http://www.stpancras.com/content.asp?Contentid=311
and click the Retail Plan links.

Best Regards