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Post by flippyff on Apr 8, 2011 19:42:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2011 22:56:38 GMT
Now.. if only they could do that at Bank, life would be so much simpler :-)
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Post by edwin on Apr 9, 2011 0:26:09 GMT
Interesting... Not many SSL stations have escalators.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2011 6:30:50 GMT
Think the station will be fantastic when integrated with the new NR Thameslink station which is already looking fairly impressive.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Apr 9, 2011 7:16:09 GMT
Interesting... Not many SSL stations have escalators. I can only think of Sloane Square - are there any others? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2011 7:23:30 GMT
How many tonnes does an escalator weigh as a complete unit?
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Post by Bighat on Apr 9, 2011 7:38:59 GMT
How many tonnes does an escalator weigh as a complete unit? Rather depends on how LONG it is I would have thought! D'Oh! |
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Post by railtechnician on Apr 9, 2011 15:54:43 GMT
Interesting... Not many SSL stations have escalators. More than you might think! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2011 16:14:49 GMT
I can name two more - Baker Street (to the Met subway) and Westminster.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2011 23:45:09 GMT
Sloane Square is the only SSR station I can think of that has escalators from the SSR platform to street level.
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Post by Chris M on Apr 11, 2011 21:23:35 GMT
Are there escalators between the street and the District Line at Embankment? (I've done every other movement there quite recently, but not that one).
There are escalators from the mainline concourse to the SSR level at Paddington Praed Street, but you can only access the outer rail without stairs from that ticket hall.
There is an escalator part of the way from the street to the platforms at Rotherhithe, which has characteristics of both SSR and tube lines. I can't remember if there was an escalator in LU days or not though.
There are escalators from the street to subway level at West Ham, although stairs from there to the SSR platforms, and that is not a sub-surface station.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2011 5:46:57 GMT
Are there escalators between the street and the District Line at Embankment? (I've done every other movement there quite recently, but not that one). Nope, fixed stairs. |
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Post by railtechnician on Apr 12, 2011 9:29:14 GMT
Are there escalators between the street and the District Line at Embankment? (I've done every other movement there quite recently, but not that one). Nope, fixed stairs. It all depends surely, there are escalators from street level ticket hall to circulating area beneath District line platforms! I have always regarded that area as District line. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2011 9:35:49 GMT
But no escalators to the District platforms AFAIK.
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Post by railtechnician on Apr 12, 2011 10:39:56 GMT
But no escalators to the District platforms AFAIK. No, it's a similar arrangement to that at Baker Street where the escalators from the Bakerloo & Jubilee go to the Met lower circulating area. One might argue that Victoria has a near similar arrangement with the escalators one level beneath the platforms. Then there's Notting Hill Gate, Monument etc, it really all depends upon the criteria, i.e. escalators 'at' SSL stations, escalators 'to' SSL platforms, escalators to SSL platforms at SSL stations or something else! In days gone by, we just had stations with escalators and stations without and even though we had various lines they were not really so separate in the way that they are today! |
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Post by Chris M on Apr 20, 2011 11:14:21 GMT
I get the impression that the criteria in this case is "stations with escalators from street level and/or ticket halls below street level but above SSR platform level to or above SSR platform level where SSR platforms are below ground".
There are plenty of stations with escalators to SSR platform level from lower levels (Earl's Court, Baker Street, etc)
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Post by flippyff on Apr 24, 2011 20:37:13 GMT
How many tonnes does an escalator weigh as a complete unit? To quote my original link, 13 tonnes. |
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