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As far as I can tell, the only escalator currently out of commission is 8-12.
The following passages have been blocked off: 3-7, 3-5 and 2-5.
And 8>6>5>4 is one-way only.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 03.04.08 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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Maybe while they've closed it off the could replace that torturous spiral staircase. I always feel the person behind me is about to shove me down it in their haste (and I don't go slow anyways).
Vic | Homepage | 03.04.08 - 9:02 a.m. | #
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I now have to do your first route as well, DG. It's plain daft if you ask me, seems like they've actually made it more congested, more inconvenient and more dangerous. It's pretty difficult to avoid Bank if you want to get on the DLR. I might get my bike out for the summer....
Johnny Topaz | 03.04.08 - 10:48 a.m. | #
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Gosh, you do link to me a lot these days. Thanks!
(btw 4-5 is an escalator)
Mr Thant | Homepage | 03.04.08 - 11:21 a.m. | #
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When I change from W&C to Central Line and back, I ALWAYS go through the ticket hall. That way most of the trip is escalator and travelator. Its a habit I picked up from Eurostar Waterloo days, tackling those long winding passageways with heavy luggage is not fun.
I just wish that the barrier attendants were more proactive in opening the side barriers for people who are obviously going to struggle to get through a gate. Upstairs at Liverpool Street main line they are much more helpful.
Max Roberts | Homepage | 03.04.08 - 11:27 a.m. | #
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My usual route at Bank is to go from 9 to 7 and up the lift to 4 and it's a five-minute walk to work from there. That has become inordinately more difficult now that half the population of London seems to be doing that route at any given moment. I think I'm going to switch to coming out at Monument instead (at least until that route is blocked off), even though it's a longer walk.
Dave | 03.04.08 - 12:42 p.m. | #
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So is the interchange via the usual tunnels between the W&C and Central still possible. I go that way a lot, but off peak only (Saturday, usually) and I emailed TFL to ask, but no response.
Jon Combe | 03.04.08 - 1:23 p.m. | #
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No Jon, direct interchange between the W&C and Central is no longer possible. It's up to the ticket hall and back down.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 03.04.08 - 2:00 p.m. | #
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Actually, I think everyone should avoid Bank station, so my journey to work would be nice and quiet.
Inspector Sands | Homepage | 03.04.08 - 8:38 p.m. | #
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There is absolutely no justification for closing the platform level passageway between the Central and Northern Lines. The claim that this is "to prevent overcrowding in the passageway" is ridiculous. In fact, by closing this and other "non escalator link tunnels" all they have achieved is making the one remaining route even more congested.
In fact, if you are travelling from the Northern Line towards the Central Line you are directed around to the passageway that comes up from the DLR lines and then up an escalator to the Northern Line ticket hall. As one of the two escalators is out of action, everyone is crowded onto the single remaining escalator and it seems to me that this is potentially more dangerous.
My conclusion is that the closure of these passageways are designed simply to make it so frustrating to interchange that people won't bother.
However, my journey is from Bow to Borough. This morning at 7am there were no DLR trains running from Bow Church - no information on the indicators, no tannoy announcements. Having waited for 10 minutes with still no indication as to what was happening. I moved on to Bow Road (a further delay as I had to queue up at the ticket office to be refunded for the £4.00 i'd been charged on my Oyster card for going nowhere from Bow Church) having no other realistic option but to travel to Bank and change onto the Northern Line.
Stephen Brown | Homepage | 03.04.08 - 11:02 p.m. | #
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Oh, the times I've absent-mindedly changed from the Central to the District line at Bank/Monument tube station. It's enough of a rabbit warren without bits closed off.
At least it's still possible to change from the Central and Waterloo & City line part of the station to the DLR, or at least it was last time I was there...
Andrewh | 04.04.08 - 11:41 p.m. | #
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