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Robert Woolley · October 13th 03, 10:57 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 13 Oct 2003 10:03:20 -0700, (Stephen
Furley) wrote:

Robin May wrote in message ...

Keeping Charing Cross for emergencies and special workings was
considered, but decided against for several reasons. Charing Cross had
quite low passenger numbers on the Jubilee line. The escalators were
also pretty much at the end of their working life and so to keep the
station open or available on the Jubilee line would have required
escalator replacement which is very expensive, especially for a station
which would only be used for emergencies.

There are escalators still in use which are more than twice the age of
the Charing Cross (Jubilee) ones. If they have been used by 'quite
low passenger numbers' they might be expected to last longer than most
others. Were they under specified for their purpose?

I rather suspect the Charing X escalators were due for a mid-life
refurbishment, being 20 years old!

Rob.
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