Paddington pedestrian flows, have they changed.

paul7575

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Re: Paddington pedestrian flows, have they changed.

« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2010, 17:14:50 »

Quote from: IndustryInsider on March 29, 2010, 15:35:00

I noticed today that they've improved the passenger flow actually ON platforms 15 & 16 by removing all the seating, waiting shelters and drinks machines - not sure whether that's a temporary or more permanent measure though? Hard cheese if you want to sit down.

Permanent I think. In the planning drawings the platforms are completely bare of seating etc, but there may be room upstairs in the new H&C concourse.

P15/16 as drawn appears to have (working from east to west) 3 sets of 'normal' stairs spaced out along the platform, followed by a MIP lift, 'firefighter stairs', and lastly an emergency exit staircase at the far west end.

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Re: Paddington pedestrian flows, have they changed.

« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2010, 21:20:51 »

I'm a regular user of 15/16 and since the change I've noticed a much larger number of passengers with heavy luggage, presumably changing to/from Heathrow Express. As they struggle up the stairs and through the barriers they hold up passenger movement. A lift at 15/16 would be a big help!


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Re: Paddington pedestrian flows, have they changed.

« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2010, 17:40:39 »

I realise that this is an old thread but on walking down (actually up) platform 9 today by the builders' hoardings, I measured the narrowest part of the platform - it was only 39" (991mm) to the edge.

When one considers the current safety and regulation hysteria, how does this sort of thing get through?

Any HMRI^▸ 's out there?

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Re: Paddington pedestrian flows, have they changed.

« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2010, 18:45:43 »

Quote from: onthecushions on July 07, 2010, 17:40:39

The narrowness of 9 is not as bad as that of 12, 9 is far quieter as it only has embarking / disembarking passengers whereas 12 has to contend with 13 & 14 flows as well.


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Re: Paddington pedestrian flows, have they changed.

« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2010, 20:56:19 »

but still.. having experienced platform 12 too many times recently.. on Sunday we came into platform 9 and it seemed a lot narrower than platform 12 to me... It took ages and ages to get off the platform as the train had been rather full... It does worry me if there was some sort of emergency what would happen..


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