Re: Olympic Park Station Crowd Control

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

<antstig@my-deja.com> wrote in message 8plc15$e7q$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8plc15$e7q$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <39BE093E.5E9E08E5@iprimus.com.au>,
>   Anita Lukaszyk <neety@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > antstig@my-deja.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any worries about crowd control at Olympic Park
> > > Station?
> >
> > No.
>
> There could be problems of passengers blocking back at the entrance to
> the station.

There is STACKS of room outside, and since the departing passengers will be
using the outside platforms, the multiple entry points to the station will
make controlling them a lot easier.

> > > Are platforms 1 and 4 large enough to cope with crowds leaving the
> > > stadiums?
> >
> > Yes. They managed to cope with the large number of people for the
> > Bledisloe Cup a few weeks back.
>
> Surely there will be more crowds at the Olympics than at the Bledisloe
> Cup?

Over a longer period, yes. But on an hourly basis, probably not.

> > > Shouldn't the central platforms which look larger be used instead
> for
> > > the envenings and platfroms 1 and 4 for exits and then vice versa in
> > > the morning?
> >
> > They are not larger. During the Bledisloe Cup (and probably the
> Games),
> > the middle platforms are used for incoming passengers, and the outer
> > for the outgoing passengers.
>
> When you say incoming passengers do you mean incoming to Olympic Park
> or to the station?

Incoming to Olympic Park. The middle platforms are signifigantly narrower
than the outside platforms.

Dave