London Banter - View Single Post - King's Cross entrance to Underground to close

John Salmon[_3_] · February 11th 09, 12:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london

"Peter Campbell Smith" wrote in message
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Perry) wrote:

In message , at
16:34:57 on Sat, 7 Feb 2009, remarked:
The access from the concourse doesn't close till tomorrow.

I keep forgetting it's been delayed.

Only until today, though.

When I first used that entrance regularly - maybe around 1980 - there was
a
boarded-up escalator from the passage-that-has-just-been-closed up to the
mainline station concourse, adjoining the stairs. Later, it was removed
and the stairs were widened. I often wondered (as I lugged my bags up the
stairs) whether it was ever in use and why it was removed.

I recall it being used as an 'up' escalator, but it seemed frequently to be
out of use, presumably defective. I don't know specifically why it was
removed.