coppercapped
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Contrast this deliberate act to make interchange harder with the good hearted railway designers in the mid 20th century.
SNIP
Oh and also the wonderfully simple interchange at Paddington 'Hammersmith & City' island platform to the main Line platforms via a footbridge now another external hike.. I often wonder if railway designers, who used to care about people as evidenced by their thoughtful designs now just regard punters as a nuisance.
The Paddington connection was wonderfully simple - and totally inadequate.
Arriving and departing passengers used the same set of stairs - it was a rugby scrum and very unpleasant. The new entrance allows people working in the new office buildings nearby easy access to the Underground which the old arrangement didn't and also permits separate arrival and departure routes to and from the platforms.
But rants are fun, aren't they?