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Old December 18th 07, 08:52 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default St P.I..L.L Impressions.

In message , at 21:39:04 on Tue,
18 Dec 2007, Sky Rider remarked:
They do indeed. Used them for that last week (and to pick up tickets
I'd ordered for delivery elsewhere).


Presumably by publishing a list of stations with ToD functionality, it
helps to limit the number of people trying to collect pre-paid tickets
from a location that isn't listed.


I can see how listing stations specifically might reduce the confusion
about where tickets can be collected. Then they go spoil it by having
machines at StP which advertise ticket collection and don't allow it!

Incidentally, I was very surprised not to find any domestic ticket
machines in the vicinity of the Eurostar booking office. The domestic
booking office is a long way off the beaten track for EMT customers if
you've just arrived on E*, or from the tube station out front.

But the whole Platform 1-4 thing still feels very poorly thought
through. No bar or seating, no toilets, and no booking facility;
anywhere in the immediate vicinity.

Now that the station is fully open it's even more apparent what a stupid
idea it was not to have some escalators down from the P1-4 concourse to
(eg) the same place as the FCC escalators go down.
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Roland Perry