On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:56:34 +0000
Clive Page wrote:
In message , Eric
writes
And the walking speed varies quite a lot between individuals, which will
tend to increase the separation.

I wonder why TfL don't speed up the escalators a bit when the demand is
high? In Russia and other countries of the ex Soviet Union the

The elf n softy bed wetters probably wouldn't allow it. Also given the
lack of reliability of LUs escalators they'd probably end up fixing them
twice as often.

escalators clearly run much faster than ours - my guess would be about
50% faster. Metro users seem to cope without difficulty.

To be fair the stations in Moscow and Kiev are pretty deep. If the escalators
ran at LU speed you'd spend most of your commute standing on them.

B2003