Roland Perry wrote:
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at 18:59:34 on Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Mizter T
remarked:
http://www.heathrowairport.com/asset...fo_packnew.pdf


The 'Vital Statistics' pages do contain some useful hard facts

"The TTS station is underground, and passengers travelling from
Terminal 5B descend to the station via the longest open design
escalator in Europe. It will take 90 seconds to travel on the
escalator which has a vertical rise of 21.75 metres.

Does that beat the escalator at Angel Tube station?

No - Angel rises 27.4 m in 60m length - less than the Tyne Foot Tunnel at
25.9 in 60m too. I guess open design just means the underside is visible
(through glass perhaps).

Of course London 'records' are often a little dubious, like the recent
'first ever' bowstring arch railway bridge!

Paul S