J. Chisholm wrote:
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:


The "old" ticket hall is now much more congested than before now that
the ticket counters are open.


Much to my amazement the new ticket office is no larger than the old,
with the same number (3) of large ticket machines, the only ones to top
up Oyster on. Result long queues at 11:15 this morning just to top up.
When is Web top-up going to be more flexible?

Presumably this shortage is only temporary, until the refurb of existing
office is completed.

Which existing office? I presume the Met ticket office at platform
level has closed for ever now.

AND
who buys tickets now?

Not me. But I do have to visit the ticket office near my place of work
every month or so to get "uncompleted" journeys on my pre-pay Oyster
sorted out.

PaulO

In article . com,
(Larry Lard) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , (J.
Chisholm) wrote:
[snip]
who buys tickets now?

People who begrudge having to pay LU in advance, perhaps?

But who most likely are happy to provide their employers with a week's
or a month's labour before seeing anything for it?

My employer pays 2 weeks in arrears and two weeks in advance.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Robin Mayes wrote:
Paul Oter wrote:


There is some misleading signposting in the Western ticket hall, with
some signs for "St Pancras" pointing west rather than east. ..
Presumably ths signposting will make more sense when the
Eurostar station is open.

Don't these signs currently direct people via a ramp to street level?

I didn't spot a ramp - where is that?

The signs I am referring to are near the ticket windows and point
people to the steps (and lift) at the western end of the new ticket
hall. Presumably these steps will one day provide access to the "new"
St Pancras station. However at the moment people who ascend these steps
wanting to catch MML trains have to walk back along an upper-level
walkway to the eastern end and out into St Pancras Road.

I daresay this will be fixed in due course.

PaulO

Paul Oter wrote:


Robin Mayes wrote:
Paul Oter wrote:


There is some misleading signposting in the Western ticket hall, with
some signs for "St Pancras" pointing west rather than east. ..
Presumably ths signposting will make more sense when the
Eurostar station is open.

Don't these signs currently direct people via a ramp to street level?

I didn't spot a ramp - where is that?

The signs I am referring to are near the ticket windows and point
people to the steps (and lift) at the western end of the new ticket
hall. Presumably these steps will one day provide access to the "new"
St Pancras station. However at the moment people who ascend these steps
wanting to catch MML trains have to walk back along an upper-level
walkway to the eastern end and out into St Pancras Road.

I thought it was a ramp once you got up those stairs, but it was a while ago
since I was last there whilst it was still being fitted out.

There is some misleading signposting in the Western ticket hall, with
some signs for "St Pancras" pointing west rather than east. ..
Presumably ths signposting will make more sense when the
Eurostar station is open.

Midland Mainline are due to relocate from the Eastern interim station soon,
aren't they? Does anyone have a date?

"Barry Salter" wrote in uk.transport.london:
On Wed, 31 May 2006 23:02:48 +0100, "John Salmon" wrote:

Midland Mainline are due to relocate from the Eastern interim station
soon,
aren't they? Does anyone have a date?

Well St Pancras is scheduled to be closed over the weekend of 15th July,
so my guess is that it'll either be that weekend or one shortly
afterwards.

Thanks. A check of
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe
shows trains using platforms 1 to 4 at St. Pancras from Monday 17th July, in
place of the current 10 to 13.
There are some stray trains in the system for the Saturday and Sunday
(15th/16th), but I think they can be ignored. MML terminate/start Luton on
those dates. ROTR doesn't mention St. Pancras for that weekend, but why
should it? (It's not Network Rail.)

John Salmon wrote:
"Barry Salter" wrote in uk.transport.london:
On Wed, 31 May 2006 23:02:48 +0100, "John Salmon" wrote:

Midland Mainline are due to relocate from the Eastern interim station
soon,
aren't they? Does anyone have a date?

Well St Pancras is scheduled to be closed over the weekend of 15th July,
so my guess is that it'll either be that weekend or one shortly
afterwards.

Thanks. A check of
http://217.23.229.206/jpclient.exe
shows trains using platforms 1 to 4 at St. Pancras from Monday 17th July, in
place of the current 10 to 13.
There are some stray trains in the system for the Saturday and Sunday
(15th/16th), but I think they can be ignored. MML terminate/start Luton on
those dates. ROTR doesn't mention St. Pancras for that weekend, but why
should it? (It's not Network Rail.)

Does this mean that a new ticket hall etc. is ready on the western side
of the station, or will be people have to buy tickets in the current
area and walk through under the International platforms?

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

Dave Arquati wrote:
Does this mean that a new ticket hall etc. is ready on the western side
of the station, or will be people have to buy tickets in the current
area and walk through under the International platforms?
The latter will apply until this December, when MML's permanent
facilities on the western side (including its own ticket office) should
become ready for use.