On 8 Nov, 21:52, lonelytraveller
wrote:
No, that's a disingenuous argument. There's no particular reason to
wait on one side of the glass wall than the other. Any more than
people have to wait in the suburban platforms shed at Euston, even
though they do.

Yes there is - it's where you are, and it's where the departures board
is.

Are you trying to claim that you can't see through clear glass?

Of course not.

The point - easily proveable by a visit - is that in real life, people
congregate in the train shed at Paddington not the concourse.

This is because the overall design of the station, including the
positioning of the ticket office and the departure boards and the
chairs and most of the retail outlets and the entrance from the
Underground and the taxi rank, makes people congregate in the train
shed not the concourse.

Indeed, there is not enough room on the concourse to deal with large
numbers of sitting/standing passengers (unless they go to the pub/
sushi bar/coffee shop, which most people at stations don't).


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