I believe there is supposed to be some marshalling employed but they aren't there full time.
Pick up and drop off at Leeds will always be an issue because of the location, particularly with the car park area being the only space for extra platforms going forward. Even with forthcoming work over the next few years at Leeds station (both trackside and the concourses etc) pick up and drop/integration with onward travel is not easily solved - the location is absurdly constrained and the area around the station and approaches have been heavily developed.
The taxi stand will be by the new entrance from what I understand.
I know. And I know I'm being Captain Grumpy. Yesterday's shenanigans included taxi drivers getting out of their cabs to tell civilians where they should go to; a pair of civilians almost opposite each other out of the multi-storey; and thus the whole road was blocked as no-one could enter the pick-up/drop-off area from either direction, or enter/exit any of the surface car parks. Cue lots of horn-leaning.
If the taxis weren't there it would still be a mess though! If we ever did get the T-station built, pick-up and drop-off could move to where the Hilton is now (it and the office block were supposed to be going). But that's 20 years away, I might have retired to one of the houses CEG were supposed to be building at Kirkstall Forge by then
Future plans include demolishing the admin block to further extend the concourse. This will mean moving Traincrew and station staff to a new location somewhere in the station (probably the Aire Street offices).
Interesting. I know Network Rail had half of the 7th floor in 2019 and were looking to take the other half as well.
P17 will happen it’s just a case of when (others may be in a better place to answer this). This is the only practical platform enhancement left to do.
I'd have thought that would involve widening the viaduct, so I'm sceptical.
And even there there's not much that can be done, cheaply. Move the signal and extend by, what, 30 metres, so that a 3-car and 2-car unit can fit? Plus a narrowing platform, unless the track is moved as well. I honestly can't see a new viaduct being built to create a route 'G', for access to one platform.
The idea of knocking through to turn platforms 13 & 14 into a single through platform seems to resurface every few years. I'm not really sure what this achieves from a capacity point of view, as currently 13 sees far more use than 14, all with services that terminate from the west. It would allow longer trains but the six through platforms that exist are more than enough for the amount of services that can run through- in part due to the long two track section through towards York and Selby. It would also cause crowding on the platforms, and remove the café, toilets and waiting area that currently occupies the space between platforms 12 & 15, and the two bays.
I was in favour when it was suggested as part of the Yorkshire Rail Network study, 10 years ago. But yes, it would leave P15 isolated. There was a suggestion to remove P14, as P15 is quite narrow at the ends (an issue with P17, especially if you're going against the flow around the lift).
Right now I'd settle for the escalators working; the one off P15 and the down escalator were both out of action on Friday. Or the side gate on P8 being opened, so we can bypass the sheeple waiting for the London train to pull in at the top of the hour