THE MAIN CONCOURSE, OUTSIDE THE GATES |
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You enter the concourse from the station forecourt via either the north or south entrance, facing west. The concourse is generally rectangular, with a triangular area extending to the north, which includes the north entrance. The way between the rectangular and triangular areas of the concourse is divided by a pillar. There are two pairs of pillars in the rectangular area.
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glass panel five sets of doors, middle set automatic |
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billboard blank door billboard |
The wall curves away southwards into the main concourse. The entrance to the concourse is divided by a pillar containing
| counter for hotel reservations |
| billboard |
| blank door |
| mailboxes |
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blank door 2 billboards WH Smith window of WH Smith blank door billboard gap, wall juts out with blank door facing blank wall to panel in east wall to your left of the entrance doors. |
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refreshments shop door to stairs, up to Palisades shopping mall pillar 3 escalators to Palisades, take the left one pillar door to stairs, up to Palisades recess to Burger King |
Wall juts out, curving left with billboards. This curves round to the south entrance doors.
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glass panel 5 sets of doors, towards taxis, middle set is automatic closed information booth recess with 2 photo booths |
| door to waiting room |
| staff entrance to dining area |
You continue south into the dining area, the counter is to your left (east), The seating area for this is a completely open space towards the south end of the concourse.
| main entrance to waiting room, with plant pots either side of the door and seats inside |
The waiting room juts out, a glass wall curves left to run east To a glass panel which leads to the end of the east wall.
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blank wall glass doors to travel centre |
The Travel Centre is an L-shape occupying the southwest corner of the concourse. The door in the south wall leads into a seating area, use the other doors to queue for advance ticket sales.
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glass panel, little dip in floor fire hydrant |
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blank wall first set of doors to Travel Centre blank wall second set of doors to Travel Centre |
As you enter the Travel Centre, the desks are to your left, go forwards then follow the queue to your left.
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blank wall 2 windows to buy same day tickets ticket machine, credit cards only 2 windows to buy same day tickets ticket machine, credit cards only 2 windows for same day booking ticket machine, credit cards only 2 windows for same day bookings billboard Customer Reception and Assistance "enquire within" ticket machine, cash Wall curves left ticket machine, cash recess with blank door to west |
| Rail Connections, information bureau, counter on south side |
| gate for staff |
A railing juts east beyond this
| 7 gates, currently show tickets to staff, keep left. |
| refreshments |
Wall veers left to become the northwest wall which approaches the north entrance.
In the middle of the concourse, between Customer Reception and Burger King, There are two pillars.
| photo booth |
| blank |
| ticket machine, credit cards only |
| 2 ticket machines, credit cards only |
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In the middle of the concourse, opposite the photo booths beyond the south entrance, there are two pillars. Both the east and west pillars have a BT pay phone on each side.
© 2003, Terry Robinson