In message , at 21:43:14 on Sat, 29
Dec 2012, Clive Page remarked:
True, but the original complaint had been about the longer routes from the
Picc and Vic platforms to the exits, and those have no shops.

That bit I really didn't understand, as the original routes from Picc
and Vic platforms to the original tube ticket hall still exist, and I
use them frequently.

Yes, but you have to know they are there. And no longer do they pass
near to WH Smith, the Whistlestop and the Pub on Platform 8.

As others have pointed out in this thread, you can still use the
original routes to reach King's Cross, and of course St.Pancras.

The St Pancras tunnel is long gone, and if it existed would no longer
exit by the trains on the Midland Mainline (which are now situated
halfway to Kentish Town.

new TL platforms, they actually are quite a long way from the tube
platforms, shops or no shops. And 50% of the human race (ie, women) do
actually like shops and shopping...

I think you generalise far too much. I know lots of women who do not
like shopping in the over-priced stalls around a railway station, and
especially if they use the station frequently, wouldn't dream of using
any of them more than once in very many visits.

Agreed, most of the shops seem to be for tourists, rather than hard
pressed regulars.
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Roland Perry