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Old October 9th 05, 06:32 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit
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Default Routes in london crossing without any interchange

Tom Anderson wrote in
h.li:

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Chris Tolley wrote:

John Rowland wrote:

It's sillier than that. The Central Line is fine at Park Royal, but
the Picc is sloping, and the HSE won't allow the existing sloping
platforms on the Picc to be replaced by new equally sloping
platforms nearer to the Central Line.


It is a surreal worldview that says slopes must be provided for folk
who can't manage steps, but considers that able-bodied people can't
manage slopes.


Aha - could passengers all be issued with wheelchairs?

tom


And the mandatory dog for the escalators :-)