> On 29 Mar, 17:24, Roland Perry perry.co.uk> wrote:

>> There seems to be a lot of "going up and down" mentioned with
>> respect to T5. I understand they don't have the space to make it
>> flat like Stansted, but couldn't they have kept it more on one floor
>> (one each for arrivals and departures), like Gatwick North?

>
> It's a fairly good design. From the tube (lower basement) you go up by
> direct lift to Departures on the top floor (where the coach drop off
> road also is). Check in and security happens on this floor. If your
> gate is in building 5B you get a long escalator down to the people
> mover in the basement., but for gates in the main building you go down
> one floor on an escalator to where the gate waiting areas are, and
> also the shops.