"Mizter T" wrote in message
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On 7 Dec, 15:09, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:59:54 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Sky Rider remarked:

wrote:
Am I right in thinking that actually the new St Pancras Thameslink
station is actually to the left of the EMT platforms (but slightly
nearer Euston Road)?

That is correct.

And it's at a slight angle to the side of St Pancras (turned clockwise).

Meanwhile, is there really going to be an exit for KX platforms 9-11
halfway along the passage to the Northern ticket hall?

I also believe that the platform 1-8 footbridge at KX will eventually be
the only way *onto* platforms 1-7, with exit-only at the buffer ends.


Really?! That isn't going to be at all popular, having to lug one's
luggage up then down some stairs. Though of course there could be
lifts for each platform, and a ramp at the west side to access the
bridge, so it could be mitigated somewhat. And the main concourse is
going to be on the west side I suppose, so maybe it's not going to be
an issue at all.

Its an interpretation that has been highlighted before, but it is definitely
not correct from the evidence available in the various planning documents.
It is correct that the bridge will be one way onto the platforms from the
higher level of the new main concourse, but there will also be two way
traffic onto the southen ends of the platforms as now. This is why the
higher numbered platforms 5-8 are going to be shortened at the buffer end,
to allow more circulation space round to the western concourse.

"The majority of passengers using train services in the main train shed will
move from the new concourse at its southernmost end, through the Western
range and onto platforms from the South."

See: http://tinyurl.com/2rs5l2 section 5.4 for info...

Paul