"Jamie Thompson" wrote in message
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On 2 Feb, 16:15, Mark Goodge wrote:
Kins Cross suffers badly from a combination of the split between the
main and suburban train sheds and creeping retailisation on the
concourse. The new concourse ought to improve both of those, at least
a bit.

I still think the ideal situation when they redevelop KX would be to
demolish the suburban shed and the somewhat ugly GN Hotel and build
another full-length train shed span next to the existing two. Failing
that, I never could understand why TPTB claimed more suburban
platforms were too expensive....KX used to at one point have several
more adjacent to the current shed (3+ more?)

'When they redevelop KX' - it's already designed and commenced last year...

You have to look at the plans for the whole area though. The re-design for
Kings Cross didn't need to allow for longer or more suburban platforms,
because the greater proportion will be diverted to Thameslink, and
lengthened to 12 car at that time. The existing platforms will see much
less use then, and still be long enough for diverted 6 car trains if the
Moorgate line still shuts at weekends.

There is no case for spare long platforms in case of weekend engineering
works on Thameslink etc either...

Paul S