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Old December 15th 17, 11:21 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit
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Default London's Elizabeth Line's disjointed introduction
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On 15.12.17 8:44, Tim Woodall wrote:
On 2017-12-14, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\12\14 15:29, Recliner wrote:

Apparently, the Victoria line was subsequently criticised for inadequate
capacity in the stations, so the JLE was designed to have large, high
capacity stations, even though this meant some platforms were well
separated from others in the station. Some were OK (Canada Water, Canning
Town, Stratford, Westminster, West Ham), others less so (Waterloo, London
Bridge, Canary Wharf).

What's wrong with Canary Wharf JLE station? It's usually considered the
line's architectural highlight?

The escalators down to the platform are exceptionally wide (large dead
space between the two in each group) due to the structural supports down
the middle of the platform. (I assume structural - if it's architectural
'look and feel' then someone should be shot)


Can we expect Crossrail's escalators to set any sort of records, such as
the longest or shortest in Western Europe?


I doubt it, but some Crossrail stations will have a lot of them.

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