On Sun, 13 Jan 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article
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(MIG) wrote:
I think this is roughly where the bus station is now, above the arcade
below, but further west than the platforms. So it looks as if the
taxis went down the side of the station, as at Paddington, rather than
the station starting further back.
So, instead of direct cycle access to the platforms from the street, you
now have to get up a few steps and down a substantial staircase (or
escalator), or else go on a detour equivalent to the frontage of Broad
St station and back walking through the Broadgate shopping centre,
instead.
This great planning success was for the London terminal at the time
still the principal one for services to Britain's premier cycling city,
Cambridge. Pillocks!
Rubbish, it's good for you! In fact, taking ten minutes every morning to
run up and down the steps carrying your bike would be excellent training
for breakaways and hill attacks.
It's a shame they didn't put in a ramp inside the station, rising from
ground level at the west (Broadgate centre) end to the level of the
elevated walkways (and so the street) at the east end. Would have been
very handy, although i'm not entirely sure quite where you'd put it.
tom
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