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07:30:38 on Thu, 2 Apr 2009, TimB remarked:
All I personally ever said is.that the London termini aren't deserted
after 20.00. St Pancras, of course, may seem that way because so many
of 'its' passengers are in the tunnels below.

"Deserted" is what somewhere "seems" - it's all to do with the number of
people per square yard and so a big space will be more deserted than a
small space, containing the same number of people. Having seen several
London terminii later in the evening, I still contend that they are
"deserted" - irrespective of how many people are piled into one of the
trains on one of the platforms.
--
Roland Perry