[HPFGU-OTChatter] Kings Cross Info

[GulPlum]

At 13:10 16/11/03 , june wrote:

>I'm looking for information about the King's Cross train station.
>More precisely, I'm trying to find out how one gets from Platform 10
>(the real one) to platform 4 and then back to 10 -- as in, how many
>staircases one has to climb up or down, if there are any
>ticket barriers or any other remarkable elements in the way, and how
>long it takes to get to one platform to the other.
>
>Now I've used Kings Cross many times, but not over the last few
>years, so unfortunately, the exact layout of the platforms has
>somewhat dropped out of my mind and I can't see it in my head
>anymore.  I can see the concourse, and the platforms in front of me,
>but not the numerical order of the platforms - are they left to
>right for instance?  Sorry can't remember.

Platforms are counted right to left from the main concourse.

There's a plan here, on the Network Rail site: http://tinyurl.com/v7ka 
(from a link on this page: http://tinyurl.com/v7j8)

All platforms are on the same level, and unlike most British stations, 
that's pavement level, with no stairs or ramps to get to them. The usual 
way to get from the extension housing platforms 9-11 is to take the passage 
onto platform 8 (on the far right on the plan) and then walk along the head 
of the platforms towards 4-5. However, the whole area in front of the 
station is being redeveloped at present, so the way to get to platforms 
9-11 changes (because of works to and around the walkways, coloured grey on 
that plan). At times it's possible to get to 9-11 from the outside world by 
walking around the side of the main station, but sometimes you have to 
enter the main station and go through the passage from platform 8.

There are currently no barriers at the head of individual platforms or 
groups of platforms.

I assume the reason for the question is that your friend is physically 
disabled in some way? :-)