THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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Overview

This is the intermediate level between the ticket office and the platforms, though it is actually lower than the platforms.

The main area is an irregular shaped space with recesses towards escalators to/from the platforms on the north, the weststeps to the platforms off the west end and emergency exit doors to stairs on the southwest side.

The steps towards the east end of the platforms leave from a passage from the recess at the foot of the escalators, which lies south of the main area of this section. It wasn't clear to us which of these steps was intended as entrance or exit.

The Recess at the Foot of the Escalators

There is tactile paving at the foot of each escalator. The east and west walls are tiled with billboards.

South Side, Going West

  escalator to ticket office
escalator from ticket office

West Side

  wall with billboards

North Side, Going East

  entrance, doors opposite escalator from ticket office
pillar
exit, door opposite escalator to ticket office

East Side, Going South

  passage to east steps
wall with billboards

The Passage to the East Steps

The passage leads east to another door leading north. The passage continues north, up a slight slope before turning right (east). You cross tactile paving then go up 15 then 15 steps, going east to platform level. You're near the east end of the platforms.

The West Steps

You leave the main area via a passage leading west, past a blank door on the left-hand (south) side. This passage bends right then left again (west) before you go through a fire door. After a few metres, you cross tactile paving then go up 14 then 15 steps, going west, to platform level. You're near the west end of the platforms.

The Main Area

North Side, Going East

  recess east then south from down escalator
recess leading north then west to up escalator
billboards
pillar on right
help point
pillar on right

East Side

  tiled wall

South Side, Going West

  gap to up escalator
gap from down escalator
wall veers right (northwest)
4 push bar, emergency exit doors

The Wall continues northwest, meeting the passage leading west almost opposite the foot of the down escalator.

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