T cup reverts to the old circle ........

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[Ollie]

I don't know what LUL^▸ (London Underground Ltd) are doing but I know there are leaflets as I've got one.
Also the 2 screens that are under the CIS^▸ (Customer Information System) on both sides of Paddington station are informing of the closure.

[Electric train]

I have been on holiday from work this week  I did go up to London yesterday for a visit to a museum and a general day out, looking that the work done so far in the blockade of the H&C lines - LUL^▸ (London Underground Ltd) new east bound track and aluminum conrail laid through Royal Oak, westbound old steel conrail stripped out, on the old taxi ramp the concrete decking stripped off, the old canopy over 15 /16 stripped off just leaving the steel skeleton the redundant stair way to the old Bishops Bridge Road station entrance stripped.  Pile driving for the Crossrail portal was in progress between Porchester Rd Bridge (Royal Oak Stn) and Subway Jcn, work is cracking on a pace.

Platforms 13 -16 at Paddington had a very rural feel to them especially at quieter times of the day, with the change to the Circle Line and now the demolition of the remains of the old Bishops Bridge Stn that rural feeling has now gone

[BBM]

I've noticed this week that a set of new stairs has suddenly appeared at the very far western end of Platforms 15/16. At the moment they go nowhere but there appears to be another set poking above the wall opposite in the Paddington Basin (Sheldon Square) new development area. However I'm wondering if this will be an emergency exit rather than a new passenger access route to the Underground platforms?

[ChrisB]

Isn't Sheldon Square where the new 'main entrance' to the H&C platforms is going?

[BBM]

Isn't Sheldon Square where the new 'main entrance' to the H&C platforms is going?

I've just gone back through this thread and I've been looking at figure 3.2.2. of the 'design and access statement' linked from message #13 posted by paul7755. According to the plan in that document it would appear that the new stairs are in fact an emergency escape.