On 27 Dec, 12:30, Clive Page wrote:
On 26/12/2012 22:58, Roland Perry wrote:

Having walked from Platform 1 to the Victoria Line (which is almost
directly below) via that enormously circuitous route, they have
definitely missed a trick in not having a short-cut from the end of
Platform 0/1/2 to the Victoria (and Picc) lines.

You keep missing the point. *The design of the KX-St.Pancras complex
isn't anything to do with the railway stations, it's a shopping centre
which just happens to have a few railway stations scattered about the
periphery :-). *If they put in all the obvious short-cuts (I'd really
like one connecting St.Pancras low-level to the tube system without
going up two floors then all the way down again) we wouldn't have the
lure of all those retail outlets presented to us, and then we might not
spend so much on their fast food and tat.

Very droll, although I concede there is a grain of truth in what you
say. The lack of a direct link from the Thameslink platforms to the
tubes, et al, is very poor.

OTOH I suspect that the long route from the Victoria and Piccadilly
lines to the northern ticket hall is a safety issue. The Euston Road
exits could easily become overwhelmed. This would be acceptable given
a travelator. As it is there are folks for whom the distance could be
very unfortunate.