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The refurbishment of this station has provided stairs, lift and escalator access from the mainline platforms, though there is still only escalator access from the Subway unless you leave via the fire exit.
There is tactile paving along the edge of all platforms.
A new, south exit, has been opened, to your left as you leave the Subway.
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From Platform 1, Eastbound Mainline From Platform 2, Westbound Mainline From the Subway, Inner Circle From the Subway, Outer Circle |
The doors open on your left as you face the front of the train. The waiting area, with two sets of automatic doors, is about in the middle of the platform. The doors nearer the rear of the train lead towards the escalators, whilst those nearer the front lead towards the stairs and lifts. A walkway joins these two sections of the waiting area.
Go through the doors nearer the rear of the train into the waiting area. Continue past the passage from the lift and stairs, and locate the escalators on your right, after about three metres.
If you went into this area via the other doors, turn left then follow the passage and take the turning right towards the escalators.
The left-hand escalator is normally the one you need. Go down into the concourse and turn left.
For the main entrance, continue forward, through the two sets of automatic doors into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn right after a few metres and continue, following the gate line to the Subway, on your left, to the south exit.
Go through the doors nearer the front of the train and continue, across the waiting area into the recess in front of you. The lift door is on your right.
If you went through the other doors, turn right then continue, up the slope, into the other section of the waiting area. Continue, to the doors to the platform, on your right, before turning left, across the waiting area, into the recess to the lift. The lift door is on your right.
The call button is to your left of the door, go down to concourse level then leave via the other doors and turn left.
For the main exit, continue, past the ticket sales windows on your left, through the two sets of automatic doors, into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn right after a few metres and follow the gate line for the Subway on your left, towards the exit.
Go through the doors nearer the front of the train and take the turning right, this takes you over a short bridge above the passage.
If you come in via the other doors, turn right and continue to the far end of the waiting area. This leads you onto the short bridge over the passage.
There are six flights of seven steps between the platform and concourse levels. The top of the steps leads away from you to your right at about 1:30, go down this flight of steps, then follow the steps down to your right, down five more flights, to concourse level.
Bear left (10:30) from the foot of the steps and continue into the concourse, note that there are two pillars across the entrance to the concourse from the foot of these steps.
For the main entrance, continue forward, past the ticket sales windows on your left, through the two sets of automatic doors, into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn right and follow the gate line for the Subway, on your left, towards the exit.
The doors open on your left as you face the front of the train. The waiting area, with two sets of automatic doors, is about in the middle of the platform. The doors nearer the front of the train lead towards the escalators, whilst those nearer the rear lead towards the lift and stairs. Note that there's a walkway between these two sections of the waiting area.
Go through the doors nearer the front of the train into the waiting area and continue across the passage to the stairs and lift, then locate the escalators to your left.
If you come in via the doors nearer the rear of the train, turn right then follow the passage and take the left turning towards the escalators.
The left-hand escalator is normally the one you need. Go down to concourse level and turn left after a few metres. Continue, past the escalators from platform 1, into the concourse.
For the main exit, continue, through the two sets of automatic doors into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn right beyond the escalators from platform 1 and follow the gate line to the Subway, on your left, through the exit.
Leave the platform via the doors nearer the rear of the train then take the turning left.
If you leave via the other doors, turn left, continue to the wall at the end of the waiting area, turn right and take the turning left.
The stairs are in front of you and the lift is in a recess to your left before the top of the stairs. Take this turning left, then turn left again towards the lift, the call button is to your left of the door.
Go down to platform level, leave via the other doors, turn right and continue into the concourse.
For the main exit, continue past the ticket sales windows on your left, through the two sets of automatic doors into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn right a couple of metres beyond the end of the right-hand wall then follow the gate line of the subway on your left, through the exit.
Leave the platform via the doors nearer the rear of the train then take the turning left.
If you leave via the other doors, turn left, continue to the wall at the end of the waiting area, turn right and take the turning left.
The stairs are in front of you, with tactile flooring at the top. Continue down a flight of steps, turn left (180 degrees) then go down another flight before turning left again (180 degrees) and going down a flight of steps. From here, you turn right (180 degrees) and go down two flights of steps, to concourse level. there's tactile flooring beyond the foot of these steps.
Note that there's also tactile flooring before the fire exit doors, which are beyond the foot of the third flight of steps down from platform level.
At concourse level, turn right and continue into the concourse.
For the main exit, continue past the ticket sales windows on your left, through the two sets of automatic doors into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn right a couple of metres beyond the end of the right-hand wall then follow the gate line of the subway on your left, through the exit.
The doors open on your left as you face the front of the train. Go to the wall in front of you, turn right (towards the front of the train). The wall retreats left as you approach the foot of the escalators. The right-hand escalator is normally the one you need. Go up to concourse level and continue through the gates, in front of you. The right-hand two of the four gates in front of you are exits and the manual gate is to your right of these.
For the main entrance, turn right and continue, past the gates to the outer circle, then follow the barrier round to your right and continue through the two sets of automatic gates into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn left and continue, through the exit.
The doors open on your left as you face the front of the train. Go to the wall in front of you then turn left (towards the rear of the train). The wall retreats to your right as you approach the foot of the escalators. The left-hand escalator is normally the one you need. Go up to concourse level and continue, through the gates in front of you. The left-hand two of the four gates in front of you are exits and the manual gate is to your left of these.
For the main entrance, turn right and follow the barrier round to your right then continue through the two sets of automatic doors into Merkland Court. For the south exit, turn left and follow the barrier on your left, past the gates to the inner circle and continue, through the exit.
© 2009, Terry Robinson