Peter Goodland,

Actually, I did not know that the present arrangements are temporary -
indeed the staff seem not to know that either since, when I asked one
of them, he agreed that this was a lamentable change and mentioned
nothing about it being temporary either!

The departure boards on the platform level is what I was referring to.
I did not even see any at the entrance as I came in - I was too busy
searching for the escalators!

Seven minutes is hardly something to boast about! Why should domestic
passengers have to be so inconvenienced (to say nothing of being denied
the use of one of London's finest Gothic buildings) at all?

Moreover, I'd suggest 7 minutes when going AGAINST the morning commuter
flow, as I invariably would be, is rather optimistic!

Marc.

wrote:
Peter Goodland,

Actually, I did not know that the present arrangements are temporary -
indeed the staff seem not to know that either since, when I asked one
of them, he agreed that this was a lamentable change and mentioned
nothing about it being temporary either!


snip

Seven minutes is hardly something to boast about! Why should domestic
passengers have to be so inconvenienced (to say nothing of being denied
the use of one of London's finest Gothic buildings) at all?


snip

The Midland Mainline platforms will be moving to the other side
(western) of the station and will still be a long way from the Euston
Road.
I think that the time taken to get to the tube will be substantially
shortened when the King's Cross northern ticket hall opens in 2009.
This will have extra access to most of the underground lines and will
also have access to the domestic platforms.
I can't immediately find an on-line plan showing this, but I think
there was a map in Modern Railways a few months ago though. Although,
there are some pictures showing the location of the new ticket hall
above ground on the tfl website.