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Post by dmncf on Jan 31, 2011 21:49:56 GMT
The Wellcome Trust have provided the 2 lifts and the rebuild of the Gower Street Exit/ entrance. Metronet were then supposed to fit the new Station Supervisors Office - located opposite the lifts - and a new ticket office - which was supposed to to be between the 2 lifts at the ticket hall level. Then install a new gateline around the lifts/ new ticket office. The old ticket office and the old station supervisors were supposed to be demolished and new lifts to the Eastbound platforms built with the resulting space opened up to relieve the congestion at the Euston Road eit/ entrance. Wow - the plans were more comprehensive than I realised! The plan to relocate the station supervisor's office and ticket office explains the generous space created at the south end of the concourse. I had no idea that the plan went a step further to introduce step free access to the eastbound platform. It's interesting that the plans included a new ticket office. I am aware that other station rebuilds planned around the same period, such as Cannon Street, removed the ticket office.
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Post by dmncf on Jan 29, 2011 23:32:26 GMT
It's great to see the two lifts at the south end of Euston Square station have finally been activated: a lift from street level to concourse level, and a lift from concourse level to westbound platform. The removal of the construction hoardings has also created an impressive amount of concourse space at the south end, and highlighted how cramped the north and centre of the concourse are with the ticket office, ticket machines and gateline. Are any further works planned to make the north and centre of the concourse less cramped, for example by reconfiguring the ticket office or gateline? Will the lift between concourse level and the westbound platform remain on the unpaid side of the gateline?
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