On 25.03.2017 12:39 PM, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
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ember.org, at 09:31:13 on Sat, 25 Mar 2017, Recliner
remarked:
I recall that when the transit first opened, Heathrow Airport claimed
that the "very long" escalators from the main termainal were the
longest in London, longer than the longest LU escalators at Angel.

The escalators in recliner's pictures don't look that long. But I'm
convinced the layout at T5, which extends the idea of making people
travel the maximum distance they'll tolerate to and from gates, is to
allow them to be more leisurely about their baggage handling.

There's less walking in T5 than in most other large terminals, such as LHR
T2, either Gatwick terminal or Madrid Barajas T4.

"You should see the other guy" isn't very persuasive.

Yes it is. I'm comparing it with other very large terminals that I've used
multiple times. Obviously there's less walking in small terminals.

Guangzhou is an excellent place to change flights if you think you may have
been neglecting your marathon training.

Vaguely on topic, the photos you showed looked very similar to the transit
at Munich between the two halves of the Lufthansa terminal. Which also has
very long escalators (which the smart passenger ignores - three little used
lift is much quicker.)