PLATFORM 6 - 7

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General Information

This is an island platform with tactile paving along each edge.

To Reach the Platform

The A section can be reached by stairs from the main bridge. You go down 18 then 18 steps, going east. There's a central double rail which is interrupted between the flights.

The Area at the Foot of the Entrance Stairs

West Side

  stairs from main bridge

North Side

  entrance to Platform 6

East Side

  entrance to platforms, wall with timetables beyond

South Side

  entrance to platform 7

To Leave the Platform

The B section, from which we presume to be the exit, gives access to the main bridge via escalator (to your right, south) and stairs. You go up 18, then 18 steps going east onto the bridge.

The Area at the Foot of the Exit Stairs

East Side

  stairs to bridge
escalator to bridge

South Side

  exit from platform 7

Southwest Side

  exit from platform 7

Northwest Side

  exit from platform 6

North Side

  exit from platform 6.

Features on Platforms 6 and 7 from the East End

The open area with posts, leads from the slope off the end to the covered area of the platform.

The covered area starts under the road with 2 central pillars

Continuing West into the covered Area

  2 pillars on each platform blank wall of building
pillar on either platform
gap through to opposite platform
building with rail
blank door
blank wall
gap
lift, door facing east, metal post to right of door, up and down call buttons to right of this
blank wall
wall retreats with box at head height
entrance, timetables on wall facing west
blank wall
entrance
wall with rail continues
recess with 4 seats
recess with 8 seats, vending machine, 2 blank doors
open area between platforms
wall resumes with foot rail
recess with 4 seats
blank door
4 seats
wall juts out
blank recess
exit
wall veers towards middle of platform
exit
pillar on each platform before no entry ramp, bin on platform 7
blank wall with rail
recess with 12 seats
gap, not to be used
waiting room, step up to door, platform 7
waiting room wall
gap, waiting room door facing west
2 central pillars
stairs going up west, to west bridge
open area to end of platform

note, there is a metal sculpture of a horse about 20 metres beyond the bridge. The sloping supports of this are on platform 7.

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