St P.I..L.L Impressions.

Sky Rider <sky.rider1@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> solar penguin wrote:
> > Sky Rider wrote:
> >

> > What about the departure screens in St Pancras itself? Is there an
> > integrated display showing High Level and Low Level together? Or do
> > you have to run back and forth between them to compare times and see
> > which one's first?
>
> Along the 'Market' (i.e. the Midland Road-Pancras Road passage) you'll
> find a *very* long set of PIS screens (which list both departures and
> arrivals), but they're grouped by operator.

And...you have to be aware that platforms letters A and B are
"downstairs" and the numbered ones "upstairs".....

Theo


--
From the heath in the North of Belgium

On 19 Dec 2007, 09:30, Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <c75aj.10960$745.8...@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, at 09:03:04 on
> Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Sky Rider <sky.rid...@ntlworld.com> remarked:
>
> >Roland Perry wrote:
>
> ><snip>
>
> >> The shops I've been in are very small (M&S last Friday was so full
> >>you  literally couldn't get through the door).
>
> >In contrast, the M&S Circle unit is currently a rare breed in that it
> >is *never* busy, mainly because hardly anyone walks along Pancras Road
> >to get to Euston Road these days. On occasion M&S do give out
> >leaflets/vouchers in order to boost awareness but they could do more.
>
> That description fits me well. Despite doing what I took to be a
> complete tour of the station on Friday looking for somewhere to buy
> food, I didn't make it as far as the Circle. The previous week I did
> have to use the "tunnel" to the rear toilets, and the Circle seemed to
> be very much "work in progress".
>
> >> The WHS is in a part of the station where the structure only allows a
> >> small footprint per shop. Maybe the master plan is a bit broken?
>
> >There will be a sizeable WHSmith unit in the Circle when it opens next
> >year. From that point it will be interesting to see how many visitors
> >use the Circle until:
> >1) Southeastern move into StP (it will have been 4.5 years since Govia
> >last ran services to/from the station, although you can't compare
> >Thameslink to this ;-) );
> >2) The Northern Ticket Hall at KXSP opens for service.
>
> At the moment the Circle seems a bit out in the wilderness!
> --
> Roland Perry

The M&S in the Circle seems to have been mothballed until the area is
fully open.