THE CONCOURSE |
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The concourse is considered as a rectangular area lying to the south of a wide corridor running east/west across the platform entrances.
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pillar with 5 phones on boards radiating from it pillar with 4 phones blank door double glass doors into Station Reception |
These doors push, but there is also a press pad to the right of them at wheelchair height. The desk is straight opposite the doors.
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blank door glass panel blank door Millie’s Cookies (counter) AMT Coffee Lounge, seating area then counter blank door recessed photo booth left luggage counter trolley point recessed door into corridor with blank door on left (east) door into British Transport Police office, desk in front of you pillar blank metal door |
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doorway to car park and Melton Street blank door |
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entrance to platforms 16 - 18, pillar in the middle of the entrance glass wall double door into waiting room, press plate on right of door to open recess with 2 Nat West and Royal Bank of Scotland cash machines pillar with defibrillator |
The wall now recedes to widen the corridor.
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kiosk, dry cleaning shoe repair, key cutting Joshi’s Kitchen, counter selling Indian food hoardings entrance to platforms 12 - 15 hoardings Journey’s Friend, recessed counter WH Smith, wide entrance 4 seats WH Smith entrance mobile newspaper stand Silverlink train information stand entrance to platforms 8 - 11 hoarding Delice de France, recessed counter Upper Crust, counter vending machine entrance to platforms 4 - 7 Ixxy’s Bagels, recessed counter Taste (sandwiches), recessed counter entrance to platforms 1 - 3 information boards blank door |
Wall juts south
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door to luggage shop Sweet Express photo booth recessed blank door empty shop (at the time of our survey) recess with blank door on west side |
| Claire’s Accessories |
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exit from toilets (3 turnstiles angled south-west-north-east) 2 pillars entrance to toilets and babycare (3 turnstiles angled north-west to south-east, 20p entrance fee) 2 change machines 2 entrances to Threshers recessed blank door photo booth blank door defibrillator on wall map vending machine 14 phones side entrance to food area northeast corner of concourse 3 pillars, stalls within concourse, see below northwest corner of concourse |
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2 entrances to food area separated by a pillar steps to upper area Currency Express, counter entrance to food area WH Smith 2 doors out towards Eversholt Street with pillar between |
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4 doors out to plaza 3 pillars, slightly in from side with 4 phones on each long O2 sales area and display long counter for hotels/travel/tours Argentis, jewellery counter 3 doors onto plaza |
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2 doors out towards Melton Street trolley point wall juts out, east 2 Nat West cash machines Royal Bank of Scotland cash machine entrance to ticket office for future travel (queues inside snake between flexible barriers) 2 FastTicket machines Virgin Trains customer information point entrance to ticket office for today’s travel prepaid ticket machine 5 FastTicket machines 3 prepaid ticket collection windows FastTicket machine |
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Souper Douper, soup kiosk (south of pillar) Tie Rack, (south of pillar) cruciform display information boards Swatch, kiosk (south of pillar) |
From west to east across the centre of the concourse are 3 kiosks:
South of these are two large structures
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entrance to Chocology, near southwest corner 8 seats |
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entrance to Accessorise 4 seats 2 post boxes second class then first class flower kiosk juts north of the structure |
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escalator from taxi drop-off steps from taxi drop-off 4 seats |
| trolley point |
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map vending machine upward escalator from Underground central steps downward escalator to Underground |
| blank, narrow corridor between this structure and stalls on south side of concourse |
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2 windows for London travel information steps down to taxis and carpark entrance to Boots |
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windows entrance to Boots |
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This is a horseshoe with seating in the centre.
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Cafe Ritazza seating area door in corner to Marks & Spencer Simply Food |
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Delice de France seating area |
From the concourse, go up 10 steps, going east, turn right (180 degrees), up 10 steps, going west, turn right again (180 degrees) and go up 6 steps, going east onto a landing.
| First Class lounge |
| Medi Centre, (health centre, not first aid) |
| Britannia Pub |
© 2004, Terry Robinson