Basil Jet wrote:

On 2016\01\16 18:56, Peter Able wrote:
On 16/01/2016 10:23, Recliner wrote:
There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of
standing on
both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more
successful than
predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...the-escalators



Classic Guardian - 98% pseudy-guff, 3% information.

Thanks for the link - and good pun too

PA


Okay, now I understand it. Few people use the walking side, so
telling would-be standees that they have to stand on the right
practically halves the capacity. But when the escalators are quiet
it's quicker to allow people to walk, so I hope standing on both
sides becomes a peak hour rule rather than an all-day one.

The article says one escalator will remain as normal, so if there are
two up escalators, you would have three of the four sides for standing,
while still leaving one side free for walking.

Peter Smyth