Pleasantly surprised that my 0937 arrival from Nottingham this morning was on time with no signal stops approaching Piccadilly. 22 late out on the way back this evening though...
Apologies if I'm repeating a previous report I didn't notice, but the demolition of the shelters is virtually complete and there is now marked out a "waiting zone" bounded by red lines along the former building line, a "boarding zone" between the red and the existing yellow lines, and yellow crosshatching by the foot of the stairs. The announcements now say that people for the next train should move into the boarding zone and others should remain in the waiting zone. I think this is progress, although doing this for 13b and 14b is questionable as they are so rarely used - their boarding zones could just be used to enlarge the waiting zone for the opposite platform. Kudos also to the NR people who were making a valiant effort to keep passengers informed, when by their own admission they had no more information than the departure screen and announcements.
There seem to be even more seats in the "lounge" now, which along with the people staring at the departure screens are blocking the passenger flow even more effectively than before.