"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
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Paul Corfield typed



Yebbut the entrance to the Underground closest to the rail station is
now for ticket holders only, isn't it?

As there's no easily accessable ticket office from the stairs down from
inside the mainline station, yes.

If Tim's come from Yorkshire, he
might not want a long detour to a big queue.


Not exactly a long detour, just outside the mainline station itself. There
are also three banks of ticket machines that can sell tickets, especially if
people are prepared and bring some change with them.

but it doesn't matter - there is a GNER ticket office, there was
certainly a Great Northern window to one side in the old days but it may
now be by platforms 9-11. There are also passenger operated machines. If
the LU windows were really bad there are machines and a ticket office at
Kings Cross Thameslink which has direct links to the Vic, Picc and
Northern Lines.


Personally, I'd never advise people to use the Thameslink ticket hall
because of the roads they have to cross.

Umm... have you walked round Kings Cross stat^^^building site recently?


Be fair Helen, the building work is hardly affecting the operation of the
station, at present. Wait until September when the Thameslink blockade and
WAGN services unable to run into Moorgate in October for the real 'fun' to
start. The reflooring of the passage between the Met and Tube ticket halls
is going to be interesting too!