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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
Tocside - no room for confusion.
"Dr J R Stockton" wrote : That sounds like one half of a pendulum clock. Language doesn't need to be pretty; it simply needs to communicate. "Paul Scott" wrote... Except we are discussing barriers in an LU station, and there are plenty of TOC run stations that have no barriers, and both LU & TOCs are generally responsible for the whole station anyway, whichever side of the barrier you are on. Unless you are in a major main line station managed by Network Rail, or a minor main line station run by LU etc etc... So as you say, no room for confusion at all... Nitpicking! I suspect you are choosing to be confused ;o) Once you cross the barrier, you are tocside; even if there's no physical barrier, once you've crossed, you are on 'railway territory' as opposed to 'a public place'. LU isn't formally a 'TOC' - but you'd have to try hard to be confused about its TOC function; Overground is already a TOC (those nice German folk), and before long, I supect that Boris will (at least try to) do the same with the underground lines. And having a separate term for LU and 'British Rail' would definitely be confusing. -- Andrew If you stand up and be counted, From time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. - Thomas J. Watson Jr. |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
On Feb 9, 7:58*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:19:17 -0800 (PST), Mr Thant wrote: On 7 Feb, 14:14, Tom Anderson wrote: I think i've seen fare-paid used in this way, but it's not as snappy. Paid and unpaid [areas/passageways/etc] are common in official documents. Is the correct answer. *This is typically how areas either side of a gateline or fixed barrier line are described. *The only obvious exception to this rule is Stratford JLE with the interchange gateline where paid areas exist both sides. I assume there's going to be a similar situation at Waterloo (if not already; haven't been for a while). |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
"MIG" wrote in message ... On Feb 9, 7:58 pm, Paul Corfield wrote: Is the correct answer. This is typically how areas either side of a gateline or fixed barrier line are described. The only obvious exception to this rule is Stratford JLE with the interchange gateline where paid areas exist both sides. I assume there's going to be a similar situation at Waterloo (if not already; haven't been for a while). Not AFAICS, there are still fully independent gatelines, even in the peak hours subway from the NR platforms, where you exit through a NR barrier line, then enter LU (Bakerloo/Northern) through their existing barriers. Paul S |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
On Feb 9, 9:46*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote: "MIG" wrote in message ... On Feb 9, 7:58 pm, Paul Corfield wrote: Is the correct answer. This is typically how areas either side of a gateline or fixed barrier line are described. The only obvious exception to this rule is Stratford JLE with the interchange gateline where paid areas exist both sides. I assume there's going to be a similar situation at Waterloo (if not already; haven't been for a while). Not AFAICS, there are still fully independent gatelines, even in the peak hours subway from the NR platforms, where you exit through a NR barrier line, then enter LU (Bakerloo/Northern) *through their existing barriers. Paul S Ah, right. Is the whole subway barriered off at the LU end? Must be a few yards from the LU barrier. |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
On 9 Feb, 22:55, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:22:25 -0800 (PST), MIG wrote: On Feb 9, 7:58*pm, Paul Corfield wrote: On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:19:17 -0800 (PST), Mr Thant wrote: On 7 Feb, 14:14, Tom Anderson wrote: I think i've seen fare-paid used in this way, but it's not as snappy. Paid and unpaid [areas/passageways/etc] are common in official documents. Is the correct answer. *This is typically how areas either side of a gateline or fixed barrier line are described. *The only obvious exception to this rule is Stratford JLE with the interchange gateline where paid areas exist both sides. I assume there's going to be a similar situation at Waterloo (if not already; haven't been for a while). I haven't been for a long while but I understand the peak hour arrangement involves directing flows within the overall structure under the stairs from the platforms and then emerging into the long gallery. I believe a request to gate off the long gallery was met with a "no". The gatelines will be independent - which they really need to be given that LUL / TfL fares do not apply each side of them. *For an interchange gateline to exist the same farescale has to exist both sides of it. -- Paul C The interchange gateline that does exist at Waterloo is the Waterloo East / Southwark gateline. |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
In message , at 07:47:16 on Mon, 9 Feb
2009, Roland Perry remarked: I'll add the lifts to the passage-way plan I've been using in my composite pictures, and post it later today. Apologies for delay. A couple of these need some extra lift-access passages which I haven't added, but generally they are in the right places. http://www.perry.co.uk/images/kx-com...with-lifts.jpg -- Roland Perry |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
On 8 Feb, 21:36, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:30:49 on Sun, 8 Feb 2009, lonelytraveller remarked: Its just occurred to me that maybe they are closing the passage so that they can turn it into a gentle slope downwards, accessed from the airside - it would join up with the old northern line lift shaft very smoothly if they did that. None of the plans show any such passage, or re-use of the old lifts. One set of old northern line lifts have a modern lift (designated with an X hatch) in it... Where is the other end? And the lift is not for public use, either now or in the future, I reckon. That's the important aspect. Correct - it's an access lift for firefighters. One of the problems in the King's Cross fire of 1987 was the inability of firefighters being able to get below the seat of the fire to assess and possibly fight it. It will very likely never need to be used in such a serious situation, but it's there and available. I can't remember if this was one of the Fennell Report recommendations or not. Regards Brian |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
On 9 Feb, 14:38, Peter Campbell Smith
wrote: wrote innews In article , (Roland Perry) wrote: In message , at 16:34:57 on Sat, 7 Feb 2009, remarked: The access from the concourse doesn't close till tomorrow. I keep forgetting it's been delayed. Only until today, though. When I first used that entrance regularly - maybe around 1980 - there was a boarded-up escalator from the passage-that-has-just-been-closed up to the mainline station concourse, adjoining the stairs. *Later, it was removed and the stairs were widened. *I often wondered (as I lugged my bags up the stairs) whether it was ever in use and why it was removed. I remember Alan Williams in Modern Railways (some decades ago!) complaining that the escalator never worked, then it was hidden away by hoardings, then removed. Don't know why though. Perhaps British Rail wasn't very good at maintaining escalators so thought it better just to get rid of it! |
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King's Cross entrance to Underground to close
On 13 Feb, 00:34, wrote:
One of the problems in the King's Cross fire of 1987 was the inability of firefighters being able to get below the seat of the fire to assess and possibly fight it. Why couldn't they use the spiral staircase (the old emergency stairs) - they are still there according to the plans, and they are definitely still there at platform level (although the tiling is quite flaky). |
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