DavidGrain
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I have not been to Hell (Norway) but I do live in Birmingham and therefore know Birmingham New Street very well.
Let us be fair. Birmingham New Street is only Hell if:
a) You have not been there since the rebuild
or
b) You need to change trains there.
I used to tell people I was meeting that I would see them at the barrier. Now there are 7 barrier lines. Now I tell them to try to find the Ticket Office and I will meet them there. That is if they don't miss me on the other side of one of the pillars.
I think it took 3 weeks of operation before they realised that to get from the A ends of platforms 1-5 to the A ends of platforms 6-12 you either:
a) went through the barriers twice
or
b) walked to the B end to use the lift or escallator, walked through the 'Red Lounge', used a lift or escalator down to the platform, walked along the platform to the A end.
You have to remember that the purpose of the rebuild was not to increase capacity in number of trains but to increase the number of passenger that could be accommodated before they had to close the station on safety grounds.
Let us be fair. Birmingham New Street is only Hell if:
a) You have not been there since the rebuild
or
b) You need to change trains there.
I used to tell people I was meeting that I would see them at the barrier. Now there are 7 barrier lines. Now I tell them to try to find the Ticket Office and I will meet them there. That is if they don't miss me on the other side of one of the pillars.
I think it took 3 weeks of operation before they realised that to get from the A ends of platforms 1-5 to the A ends of platforms 6-12 you either:
a) went through the barriers twice
or
b) walked to the B end to use the lift or escallator, walked through the 'Red Lounge', used a lift or escalator down to the platform, walked along the platform to the A end.
You have to remember that the purpose of the rebuild was not to increase capacity in number of trains but to increase the number of passenger that could be accommodated before they had to close the station on safety grounds.