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Those escalators appear fairly long, I wonder if you still walk up them, (If my memory is correct many years ago in your blog annual counts you had figures for escalators you walked up).
Thanks for the photos saves me having to go there.
250m length platforms sound very long, but I can't really visualise them. Does anyone know how that compares to the central RER stations like Chatelet-Les Halles?

dg writes: Try this.
Looking at the photos - the floor has been laid, the wood on top is to protect it until the building work is finished, the same way the columns have a wraps around them, and the glass at the bottom of the escalators has a wooden board in front.
I went there too, but the only thing was that the escalators were too...

YELLOW!
We also visited and were amazed how deep down we went: 28m below ground level (approx. 84ft) and 18m below water level (= approx. 55ft)!

We wondered if the concourse / circulation level would also contain retail "opportunities", but the fact sheet seems to indicate it will be "uncluttered".

The platforms are VERY long! Unfortunately you couldn't get to one end to take a picture along the whole length, but standing in the middle gave a good idea.

We haven't been to any of the Crossrail stations before so were delighted to see this one.

We look forward to travelling the line when it opens (despite the lack of toilets on the trains!).
I went in the afternoon as Bruce of course....

Surprising how long the platforms were, they seemed to be letting people who hadn't booked a chance to go and have a look as well as its only a short tour. I was only there for 15 mins then walked over to Pizza Pilgrims on west India Quay for 'ape hour at Pizza Pilgrims £5 pizza's and £3 pints 15:00-18:00 every day...ended a nice afternoon out

i am not advertising Pizza Pilgrims btw, its just handy for a cheap late lunch if anyone is interested :). A rare occurrence in London. Saves spending £16 on a beer and pizza
Is this the deepest underground part of the London transport infrastructure?

dg writes: No
That is a LOT of yellow. :O

But it does look impressive.
To amplify DG's "No" (which has, as often, a helpful hyperlink), these platforms are neither the deepest below ground level outside the station, nor the deepest below sea level.

Sea-level-wise, they are beaten by Waterloo Jubilee - existing - and by Farringdon Crossrail - under construction - and probably others.
How were the destination boards coming along?
I'm a bit concerned about how much crowd bunching will happen at the bottom of those single sets of escalators when a train arrives.
The 'Canary Wharf branding' is a bit underwhelming innit.

Does anything connected with CW reflect its history I wonder.
Final Open House tally:
» City of London 7
» Hackney 3
» Tower Hamlets 2
» Southwark 2
» Lambeth 1
Only 15 ?! Looking forward to a few write ups! Live those yellow escalaters.
So glad you enjoyed it - the staff were so friendly, and it was probably my favourite of all of the places I visited because of that.

Maybe I saw you there.
(And for everyone mentioning how yellow the escalators are, I was told by the staff that it’s deliberately designed to draw the eye to make wayfinding easer. They said red was seen as too much of a warning colour, but green and blue were thrown out for being too bland and hard to see.)
Alternatively Thomas, visit East Croydon, Victoria, St Pancras Thameslink etc etc where you will see platforms of at least 12 x 20m.
Yellow has long been used on the Underground for wayfinding to the exit. If you go on the 'old new' Jubilee line platforms at Green Park, Bond Street and (I think) Baker Street, you'll see a yellow band reaching all the way from platform floor, across the roof of the tunnel to the rails to denote where the exits are.










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