Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
Mr Thant wrote:

Tramlink would have an even bigger problem, only being connected to
the existing map at Wimbledon. The ELL and the Southern takeover would
fix this, of course.

Hasn't the ELL extension been added as "work in progress" to the most recent
version of the map?

Mind you West Croydon isn't a good interchange - has anyone thought of using
the platform 4 entrance (was that the original?) as a second to provide
better interchange with the Tram stop and bus station?

The explanation I've heard - which is so bonkers it could just be true -
is that if they did open another gate, the whole station would need to
be made "accessible". As it is, there are steps to every platform, but
that is okay because it has always been like that. If they created a new
(presumably step free) access to platform 4, they would need to rebuild
the footbridge to give access from the "new" door to the other platforms.

Of course this could be complete cobblers...

They do open the door when there are replacement buses running.

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