Re: Flinders Street Redevelopment (WAS: Box Hill station)

[Railvic <railvic@primus.com.au>]

Although I don't know for sure, but concourse at Flinders Street will be
further developed.  Connex has published a 4-page brochure, titled
"Flinders Street Station concourse redevelopment proposal".  It includes
a proposed new concourse layout and changes include:

1.  Convert existing ticket window area into cafes;
2.  Relocate police booth to beside the entrance to the male toilet
entrance;
3.  Female toilet entrance relocate to the the walkway between platform
1 and platform 2/3 escalators;
4.  Relocate barrier gates so they run parallel to the large class
windows looking down to various platforms;
5.  Customer Service booth will be located in the middle of the bank of
barrier gates;
6.  Areas between Tabaret and platform 8/9 escalators will contain
speciality shops.
7.  Sliding doors underneath the clocks.

For further information or to provide comments, please contact:

Mr. Arthur Bruce,
General Manager (Commercial Services)
Connex Trains Melbourne Pty. Ltd.
GPO Box 5092BB
Melbourne VIC 3001

OgO wrote:
> 
> In aus.rail, on 05 Mar 2001, James C. announced:
> 
> >Remember the "Hungry Jack" at FSS?   :-)
> >
> >Cheers
> >James
> 
> Yep, it was the *best* Hungry Jacks I've ever been to - the food was
> always hot and cooked relatively recently, and it usually didn't take
> *too* long to get served.
> 
> Does anyone happen to know why they closed it down? Surely it was making
> money - there were nearly always people there, or near there eating HJ's
> food...
> 
> I really hope it wasn't because the little booths on the platforms were
> losing money because they have to be the *worst* place I've ever got "hot"
> food from - absolutely disgusting! Well, they only made me sick once - I'm
> not giving them a second chance!
> 
> Regards
> 
> OgO