On 17/11/2014 15:48, Basil Jet wrote:

... was out of order yesterday on my first attempt to use it after
finding out about it in this forum. Are sloping lifts less reliable than
vertical ones? I can't see why a vertical lift wasn't used in the
location in question, perhaps they were just showing off, but that isn;t
much use unless the thing works.

If the technology was reliable, it could perhaps be incorporated into
the central stairway of some elevator shafts.

The Millennium Bridge Inclinator certainly seems to have had more than
it's fair share of troubles (unless of course having lots of troubles is
the fair share that an inclined lift gets). It was out of action for
ages until perhaps a couple of years ago (bit hazy on the timeline).