BingBong50
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Yep.
More shops and a large cafe/restaurant over two floors.
Any chance there might be a Weatherspoons somewhere?
Yep.
More shops and a large cafe/restaurant over two floors.
Don't forget the one in More London and the one at Clink Street... it's Pret-ty ridiculous!
Any chance there might be a Weatherspoons somewhere?
“The horror!”Any chance there might be a Weatherspoons somewhere?
“The horror!”
Something akin to the Betjeman at St Pancras would be preferable.
It's rumoured one may open in the exterior-facing arches on Tooley Street. Plus a McDonalds, and an Honest Burger, I believe.
If any staffers are reading this, you need to get rid of the Thameslink services from the departure boards of the low level platforms. There are only about 10 and they're filled with Thameslink, leaving Southern with room for only a few departures.
The Shipwrights Arms could fill that niche if it wasn't for the supposedly insane owner.
Into August now, the outside is still a building site while there’s little evidence of fit out going on in the bars and restaurants. Just lots of advertising that the station is London’s newest shopping destination.May - July, depending on how quick and reliable the shop fit out boys are.
Opened does not mean completed...For a station officially opened in May
For a station officially opened in May
Good to see the apologists in action. The rebuild has been ongoing for over 6 years. How long is reasonable? There are 16 seats to sit on for a major London terminus.Opened does not mean completed...
I visited London Bridge yesterday. The 14 departure screens by Plats 12 to 15 are now blank but have been replaced by 11 in the middle of the circulating area. There is now no "fastest train to panel" and 3 panels have been lost.
You mean the 'fastest train to' panel underneath the Charing Cross platforms has gone? I was sure it was there a couple of days ago when I passed through.
On a related note... last week I used the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras, and couldn't help noticing how beautifully clear and easy to read the platform departure screens there were: No crude dot-matrix letters, just very sharp and clear text (I'm guessing, the screens use much smaller pixel sizes). The screens inside the new Thameslink trains are similarly very good quality, although obviously smaller. Couldn't London Bridge have been fitted out with similar quality screens during the rebuild? I'm sure they would have been vastly better for passengers.
You mean the 'fastest train to' panel underneath the Charing Cross platforms has gone? I was sure it was there a couple of days ago when I passed through.
On a related note... last week I used the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras, and couldn't help noticing how beautifully clear and easy to read the platform departure screens there were: No crude dot-matrix letters, just very sharp and clear text (I'm guessing, the screens use much smaller pixel sizes). The screens inside the new Thameslink trains are similarly very good quality, although obviously smaller. Couldn't London Bridge have been fitted out with similar quality screens during the rebuild? I'm sure they would have been vastly better for passengers.
London Bridge has exactly the same screens on the Thameslink platforms as St Pancras. The other through plaforms have a very good variation of the usual orange LED signs with the remarkably good idea of displaying the next two trains scrolling underneath. They're excellent. The terminal platforms have the usual orange display showing the current train.
When is Stainer Street set to reopen?
Can't be too far off. There are some big decorative features now up in its roof at the entrance from Tooley Street.
http://grind.co.uk/blog/london-bridge-stationThere's a few Notices of Application for a Premises Licence in the Western Arcade now for "The Grind" in Unit Su-82. The licence conditions are;
However, looking on the map Unit 82 seems to be the furthest possible away unit out on St. Thomas Street - so likely not much use to any disruption-weary travellers wanting to wait things out!
- Sale of alcohol from 07:00 to Midnight daily.
- Provision of late-night refreshments from 23:00 to Midnight daily. (this seems like an odd one but I have no idea what's typical for licencing conditions!).
- Recorded music from 05:30 to Midnight daily.