Business profile
Sonic puts in ticket office for re-born station
Rail Professional takes a look at the new booking office at Farringdon station in London
F
arringdon Station in Clerkenwell has for many years been one of London’s less important stations, despite a long history and the fact
that it links Underground and National Rail services. That is about to change as the status of Farringdon will be vastly increased when the Thameslink (running north and south) and Crossrail (running east to west) projects are completed in 2018. It will then become one of the country’s busiest stations in terms of the number of trains passing through it and will be the only link allowing transfer between Crossrail and Thameslink. Needless to say this upgrading of the overland services has required a complete
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remodelling of the existing station, with longer platforms, a new roof canopy, a new entrance and a new concourse and booking hall. The booking hall, opened in December last year, is currently coping with Thameslink traffic and Farringdon’s First Capital Connect services, but has the capacity to accommodate Crossrail passengers too when that service opens. For the supply and installation of the new booking office, the specialist services of Sonic Windows of Bexhill in Sussex were called upon. Sonic is a company with over 30 years experience in the manufacture of security windows and has been responsible for the original installation or total refurbishment of
many hundreds of railway booking offices and was, therefore, a natural choice for a premium project such as Farringdon. There is a total of four ticket windows, three facing directly onto the concourse and the fourth continuing the window line but round a 45º degree corner. Since the floor tiles and predominant colour scheme of the ticket hall is grey, the stainless steel used immediately above, below and framing the windows blends perfectly with the surroundings, while any hint of starkness is relieved by the use of oatmeal coloured panels leading up to the ceiling. No timber has been used in the construction, to eliminate fire risks. The windows themselves are
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