On 17 Nov, 14:20, Paul Oter wrote:
For weeks I've been changing between Bank (Northern Line) and Monument
despite dire warnings in LU publicity that this was not possible. Many
here will be aware that these warnings have been related more to crowd
management than actual escalator closures.

So I thought I'd pass on the news that since last weekend there is
absolutely no access from Monument down to the Northern Line (or any
other part of Bank station) following the closure of the down
escalator for repairs.

You can still go in the other direction without difficulty, from the
Northern Line up to Monument. However for some reason only the
passageway to the eastbound Circle line platform is open. To get from
the Northern Line to the westbound Circle line platform you need to go
up to the eastbound Circle line platform, then up to to ticket hall
level and finally down again to the westbound platform.

Hope that makes sense and is of use to somebody...

PaulO

That's useful to know.

There's a couple of things I wish the would change around the DLR.

Firstly, rather than constantly closing the Northern Line in the
evening peak due to crowds who have no other way of getting to the
DLR, I would have thought it made sense to reverse one of the
escalators at that time, when there aren't so many people coming up
from the DLR anyway.

Secondly, I can't comprehend the reason for forcing people round in
circles once they get to the bottom of the staircase to the DLR
level. I've missed trains more than once while going round the houses
here, and it doesn't seem to achieve anything. In fact, it forces
everyone to join the platform at the end that the trains use, and
people clump there. If they allowed direct access from the bottom of
the stairs, people would have to walk along the platform, because the
trains don't go that far down yet.