On 22 Apr 2006 05:24:57 -0700, "Larry Lard"
wrote:


Paul Corfield wrote:
Take the District Line to Earls Court (e/b platform) and
use the new MIP lifts

Google tells me that's a 'mobility impaired person' lift (to save
anyone else looking), but I can't make it tell me how that's different
from any other lift ? Does it just mean that there's stairs as well, so
in theory only MIPs use the lift?

Yes there are stairs at Earls Court as well as the original high
capacity lifts from the Earls Ct Rd entrance down to the Piccadilly
Line.

The priority use of MIP Lifts is for people who are mobility impaired
but that covers a wide range of people. There is nothing to prevent a
mum with a buggy using them in the just the same way as someone in a
wheelchair could. The OP accompanying someone not so steady on their
feet and with luggage easily falls within scope of these lifts too.

There is a wide spread of usage of the MIP lifts on the Jubilee Line
Extension and of the one recently installed at Kilburn.
--
Paul C


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