THE STATION FORECOURT |
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The forecourt includes the covered area to the east of the station building. This page describes
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Taxi entrance Station wall starts metal rail juts out blank door metal rail juts out |
You now enter the covered area, beware the row of bollards along the middle of the pavement.
| billboards and timetables |
| boxes, into corner |
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box five sets of doors, of which the middle, most commonly used is automatic. You're opposite the start of the taxi queue. |
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box vending machine jutting out east |
You enter the passage to the lifts, which can be closed off at either end by gates.
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lift door metal pipe push button, with down arrow |
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blank door, to Burger King 3 blank doors |
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lift door Metal pipe Call button, with down arrow |
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gates at end of passage vending machine |
| 4 phones |
| 5 sets of doors to north entrance, middle set is automatic |
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box, in northwest corner Billboards |
| entrance to Network Rail office |
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Virgin Trains First Class Lounge, go through door, the desk is to your right blank door Nat west cash points vending machine, jutting out Lloyds TSB cash points 2 blank doors billboard windowed area shop travel information for buses and local rail, automatic doors shop billboard passage to Transport Police |
A lower wall continues east beyond here to Queensway to the north and St. Martins to the south.
This forms the east side of the passage to the lifts. The outside of this building contains
| illuminated billboard |
| storage area, not for public use |
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2 photo booths timetables swing doors into Left Luggage and Lost Property Office timetables |
| Taxi queue, a rail curves round to your right towards a gap which is the pick-up point. |
Go into the entrance, facing north then turn left, west. There's a rail on each side of the stairs. Go up 9 steps to the west, turn right, (east), up 11 going east. Turn right (west), go up 11 steps, then right again, (east) and go up 11steps towards the station forecourt.
Note that the stairs continue beyond this point, there are four more flights leading to the Palisades shopping mall.
As you go east, towards the forecourt, beware the under side of the escalator which will appear on your right. We suggest you follow the low wall on your left which turns sharply left, northwards. Follow this to the next corner, there's a man hole just round this corner. Continue north to the kerb and follow the kerb to your right east, till you find a drop kerb indicating a marked crossing. We understand this is not a formal crossing point but can be used. You cross the taxi entrance, with cars coming from your left. Note the crossing may be obstructed by queuing vehicles.
© 2003, Terry Robinson