Paddington Bear wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:00 am
Twickenham itself was allegedly redone for the 2015 WC, but there’s precious little evidence of that.
It's completely different. Before the work was done it was significantly worse.
A lot of the work was relatively cosmetic, although I think they fitted a new footbridge? There may have been some changes to flow through the station, as they dump the rugby crowd out of the side now.
I walk from Richmond, or overnight in Twickenham so haven't used the station on matchday in a while, but even post-2015 it still isn't a great experience.
The bit that would make a real difference would be greater through capacity, but that's a huge thing much bigger than just the station itself.
eta: they also did some work around 2020 but I think that was more around the ticket office and the hotel built over/around the main entrance.
Anyway, it's all too small for what's needed and that's not likely to change.
People have forgotten the insane overcrowding and queuing there used to be.
