PLATFORM 8 - 9

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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 8

East Side

  entrance to platforms, wall with timetables beyond

South Side

  entrance to platform 9

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 9

Southwest Side

  exit from platform 9

North Side

  2 exits from platform 8

Features on Platforms 8 and 9 from the Eats End

The open area with pillars supporting the road leads from the slope off the end of the platform to the covered area.

The covered area is supported by pillars

Continuing West, into the Covered Area

  drain grill across platform
building with waiting room, door facing east
waiting room wall
wall juts out with rail, just above ankle height
blank wall
blank door
gap through to other platform
lift facing east, metal post to right, call buttons (up and down) to right
blank wall
gap through to other platform, opposite stairs from bridge
blank wall
entrance
waiting room with vending machine
recess with 4 seats, blank door, 4 seats
blank recess
entrance
wall on platform 9 veers toward the middle of the platform
exit
pillar, either platform
no entry ramp, bin on platform 9
blank wall with rail
recess with 12 seats
pillar
gap through to opposite platform
waiting room
4 seats on waiting room wall
gap through, waiting room entrance faces west
2 pillars, each side
steps going up west, to west bridge
open area to end

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© 2003, Terry Robinson