they did it for the jublie an all. the main entry was closed. just seemed pointless and unnecessary, but I'm sure they know better. actually thinking about i do know why they did it, its so the tourists know which way to go so they don't fath about trying to find the exit and it helps when you got f all staff on to cope so they close the main station.
Just got in. Changed at London Bridge for a Cannon Street train. That was fine. At Cannon Street most of the station seemed closed and they were funnelling you towards the stairs out. Was OK at that time in the morning but I reckon it'll take a few minutes to get out when rush hour really kicks in.
London Bridge was fine, if a bit inconvenient having to exit via the subway rather than turning left into the bus station area. Not sure what it might be like with a couple of thousand extras.
They do it all he time at Charing Cross, for the Jubilee and NYE most recently, they put fencing all along the front and funnel you all the way along Strand down to Adam Street and back up again to Villiers Street, but then they force you back up to the main entrance and close off all the side entrances and subways
So, London Bridge this morning was one bloke with a loud hailer, but this time backed up by a couple of others wearing hi-viz and a few coppers standing around watching! Took a few minutes extra to get out the station but then I got an earlier train just to avoid the major crowds. Think it will be the same this evening going home so I'll probably take the excuse to get away early.
It has made me more certain that there is no way I'm coming in during the Olympics. Very claustrophobic when you're stuck in the tunnels/subways with hundreds of people around you EEK!!!
I was interviewed by the sub-Standard coming out of London Bridge this morning - they were asking views on the rehearsals.. They took my name, age, occupation & a photo, so might be in tonight's issue..
London Bridge's approach seems to be to close off 2 of the exits (the main one that leads out to the concourse, and the one to the bridge over Tooley Street) and funnel everyone thru the 1 exit that heads towards london bridge itself. While this does stop people weaving around each other at the bottom of the ramps, and creates a single flow, but I'd question how this will scale up when there's supposed to be 1000s more passengers...
It was absolutely fine this morning at 9am too. No problems at all. will see what its like later.
The one to avoid will be London Bridge during the Olympics. Always get a seat on my line at Cannon Street.
Well, the question is what will they do with Canon Street if they're making London Bridge exit only and running all the Platform 8-16 trains out of Canon St/Charing X. It'll not be good.
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Tuesday 10 July Olympics rehearsal
Changes affecting Cannon Street station:
Access controls at entry/exit points
A queueing system will be in place
Please allow extra time for your journey.
"On Tuesday 10th July 2012, we are rehearsing plans for the Olympic Games.
Please allow additional time to complete your journey."
AND THAT'S IT! Some helpful/useful information might have been good, but seeing as it's Southeastern, that was obviously beyond their capabilities :-)
London Bridge is no exit into bus station area, only towards Hays Galleria/Tooley Street.
Changes affecting Cannon Street station:
Access controls at entry/exit points
A queueing system will be in place
Please allow extra time for your journey.
actually thinking about i do know why they did it, its so the tourists know which way to go so they don't fath about trying to find the exit and it helps when you got f all staff on to cope so they close the main station.
It has made me more certain that there is no way I'm coming in during the Olympics. Very claustrophobic when you're stuck in the tunnels/subways with hundreds of people around you EEK!!!
Only one train in when i got there, I can see it being very crushed with more than one coming in at a time which there often is
London Bridge's approach seems to be to close off 2 of the exits (the main one that leads out to the concourse, and the one to the bridge over Tooley Street) and funnel everyone thru the 1 exit that heads towards london bridge itself. While this does stop people weaving around each other at the bottom of the ramps, and creates a single flow, but I'd question how this will scale up when there's supposed to be 1000s more passengers...
The one to avoid will be London Bridge during the Olympics. Always get a seat on my line at Cannon Street.