Philip Phlopp
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Especially if you added in an escalator for the American tourists, that long walk up from Princes Street is a killer.
In all seriousness, Waverley desperately needs sorting. It's too complex and the lack of circulation space is showing, especially during the festivals. If the cost of that is the loss of a few cast iron girders, and moving the pillars around/replacing them like for like with a modern equivalent, then by all means it should go ahead.
I'm all for historical sympathy, but the only part of the station with any real legacy is the booking office, and that doesn't look like it's ever going to go. This redevelopment is probably going to sort the station for the long term, barring any platform alterations for a future high speed line, but that is decades away. Personally, I say about time.
It's entirely possible to expand Waverley without it having to look like a jumped up Adshel bus shelter.
It is possible to build and rebuild stations whilst maintaining and enhancing the underlying architectural merit.