St P.I..L.L Impressions (Thameslink southern exits)

> > To the south would be so far away from the other exits and entrances
> > that it would be ridiculous connecting to it,
> Wouldn't it be as close to the 1960s ticket hall as the Victoria platforms
> are, and right under the Circle platforms? It would also be in roughly the
> right place to inherit the KX Thameslink exit onto Pentonville Road, no?
If it was right under the circle platforms, then it would probably be
in the same place as the victoria line running tunnels just before the
platforms. It would have to either be further south, or very very
deep, either way making escalator access very awkward.
KX Thameslink is far to the south east of the other platforms;
anything in the right place for that wouldn't be very convenient for
anything else, unless (again) it was very very deep, so that
escalators at either end could stretch far enough to reach the rest of
the tube platforms as well as KX thameslink.

> Well, east, anyway. The station building is 150-odd metres east of the
> junction of York Road and Euston Road; that junction is very roughly the
> eastern end of the Northern line platforms, and the western end of the
> Victoria platforms.
No, its the EASTERN end of the victoria line platforms. And its a very
long way east of the Northern line platforms. From west to east its
basically Northern Line Platforms -> (Below the) Tube Ticket Hall ->
Victoria Line Platforms -> Thameslink.

The eastern end of the northern line platforms are almost directly
under the Tube Ticket Hall, and the western end are almost under St
Pancras; the middle is where that silvery round thing is on the
surface behind the hoarding, and the eastern end is WEST of the round
tiled thing by WH Smith (on WH Smith's western side) - the round tiled
thing is where the old Piccadilly lift shafts were, and the round
silvery thing is where the old Northern line lifts were.

> > That said, someone did ask me 'are the trains on strike?' when they saw
> > that the Thameslink platforms were closed off (we were beside the metal
> > gate next to Platform A at the time). I sent him to StP, and later on
> > suddenly wondered if he was actually looking for the tube.
>
>
> The mural of the intertwined LU / BR logos is once gain back on
> display, having been covered up by an FCC hoarding advising of
> Thameslink's move to St. Pancras. Of course this mural is now somewhat
> inaccurate!

What is strange is that passengers who don't have tickets are directed back
to the main ticket halls in order to get in. Is there a plan to have ticket
selling capabilities at the former Thameslink entrance?

Best Wishes,
LEWIS

Lew 1 wrote:
> What is strange is that passengers who don't have tickets are directed back
> to the main ticket halls in order to get in. Is there a plan to have ticket
> selling capabilities at the former Thameslink entrance?

I've sent a query to LUL (via their online feedback form) regarding
their position on the Pentonville Road entrance to KXSP and will report
back once they reply back to me.

Sky Rider wrote:
> Lew 1 wrote:
>> What is strange is that passengers who don't have tickets are directed
>> back
>> to the main ticket halls in order to get in. Is there a plan to have
>> ticket
>> selling capabilities at the former Thameslink entrance?
>
> I've sent a query to LUL (via their online feedback form) regarding
> their position on the Pentonville Road entrance to KXSP and will report
> back once they reply back to me.

I passed by the said entrance last Monday and I noticed a couple of new
debit/credit card-only TVMs, but they weren't operational at the time.