Kings Cross Platform Rules

[35B]

That might be ideal but it's not practical. How do you link a bridge at the north end back to the concourse?

Also the platforms are quite narrow. The existing lift and stairs reduce them considerably but are themselves far too narrow to cope with a trainload of alighting passengers safely. Even putting them at the platform ends wouldn't work, some are very narrow and people would still have to get past the stairs to get to the lift (or vice versa) or to access the bit of the platform beyond as the ends don't line up.

Absolutely this. Anyone who's alighted from a well laden train arriving at King's Cross will know how treacly the flow of people is down the platform and through the barriers. Force that flow (from two directions) up to the bridge and through the narrow entrance onto the mezzanine will be a recipe for chaos.

The station is infinitely better as a passenger than pre-rebuild, and where there are issues with flow, they are issues to do with having multiple trainloads trying to cross each other.

 

[riceuten]

Absolutely this. Anyone who's alighted from a well laden train arriving at King's Cross will know how treacly the flow of people is down the platform and through the barriers. Force that flow (from two directions) up to the bridge and through the narrow entrance onto the mezzanine will be a recipe for chaos.

The station is infinitely better as a passenger than pre-rebuild, and where there are issues with flow, they are issues to do with having multiple trainloads trying to cross each other.

I do wish they'd open a couple of barriers to the main concourse on the right of the "forecourt" - you have to leave the station walk across the front and go back in onto the main concourse from outside. Every second counts

 

[YorksLad12]

I do wish they'd open a couple of barriers to the main concourse on the right of the "forecourt" - you have to leave the station walk across the front and go back in onto the main concourse from outside. Every second counts

Especially if you're trying to get to the toilets...

 

[35B]

I do wish they'd open a couple of barriers to the main concourse on the right of the "forecourt" - you have to leave the station walk across the front and go back in onto the main concourse from outside. Every second counts

I'm not convinced. If it's busy (another train arriving or a departure just announced), then it's quicker to go out and back in again that fight across the crowd. And without that, you have the issue that if there are gates set to exit, then that leaves less space for people leaving - who may be more time pressured.

The other side of the coin is that I'd like at least one of the exit gates to be open. If I'm coming off the Tube (especially from the "old" ticket hall), and am tight for time, then looping round causes me delay - and I may well know my platform from the screens in the Underground station