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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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