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Seconded on the Oyster machines - ridiculous there is only one.


Really that bit outside the station and pub could be pedestrianised. And the new exit could have been a bit further west to spread people out and to have quicker access to Camberwell Grove and that way. Hospital people (able ones) would presumably stick to the original exit.

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Well, passed through new entrance this morning.

> All seems to work fine - and much more... SPACE

> !!!


Used it this morning and people may still wait in the new hall to see their train platform causing blockage around the ticket barriers. Other people will go through the barriers and have to look back if they did not check their train platform.


Its definately better but not great.

"I think most travellers know exactly what train their platform leaves from though"


Nobobdy knows when those trains are leaving, as that's seemingly governed using some sort of random number generator :)


In my experience people stop there to find out how delayed their trains are, probably to do some sort of bus/train guesswork weighing up.

In the old ticket office they had a habit of doing this right in fron of the door by stopping suddenly so won't miss that.


Also having normal gates, as opposed to the tap sensors right by the chokepoint door where people would suddenly stop and do their business whilst three flows of crossing traffic attempt to defy the laws of physics about different objects occupying the same space, will be a welcome change.


It'll be interesting to see how it orks over the next few days as people adjust their choice of carriage on the way home for optimal leaving journey, but this morning's outbound journey, I thought people were a little more evenly spaced than usual.


Will be interesting to see how it copes with the victoria trains last minute shifts of platfor too, I'm not on htat train any more thank god, but I guess there'll be a few fewer missed trains as a result of those, which can only be good.

"Also having normal gates, as opposed to the tap sensors right by the chokepoint door where people would suddenly stop and do their business whilst three flows of crossing traffic attempt to defy the laws of physics about different objects occupying the same space, "


an example of how words can really nail a situation - bravo sir

Oh.

I've always found my trains fairly consistent, I take either trains up through City Thameslink/St. Pancras OR to Victoria, never had to change platforms though - must have been lucky. But yes, changing platforms with old layout, just as a separate train has arrived, I can picture the carnage.

Perhaps it's service dependent. The 08:19 thameslink is a particularly busy one so is delayed very regularly (i'd say about 80% of the time) as I guess it suffers from the cumulative knock on effects of high traffic all the way down the line.


Though to be fair my home -> nursery -> station routine is very tight and I'd miss that train a lot more than I do if it wasn't for those delays!!!


thaks sj *blushes*

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Oh.

> I've always found my trains fairly consistent, I

> take either trains up through City Thameslink/St.

> Pancras OR to Victoria, never had to change

> platforms though - must have been lucky.


You sure were KK !

That'd be good for those chaps in the little coffee stall - glad to see they're still there. That'd be a great area for them to carry on trading and even increase the space they have to work in - they always looks so cramped !

That waiting room needs ventilation though.

It's an improvement in terms of function, without a doubt. In terms of the aethetics, I personally find it pretty offensive to the eye, but that is a matter of personal taste. The fact that the project was so poorly managed and allowed to overrun by more than a year is fairly unforgivable. I would be interested to know how much this overrun cost us. Perhaps some of the money could have been used to provide something a little easier on the eye.

Like the idea of a cafe/waiting room.

I hate the look of the refurbishment. All that money spent, and no taste it's really depressing. They could have at least chosen a better colour for the towers. The station used to look very elegant, it's made it ugly. And ironic that it gives everyone better access when we no longer have the south London line (I know an old story, but still...)

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