On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:23:13 +0100, Recliner wrote:

"Walter Briscoe" wrote in message

I visited this outer London station on Tuesday - before Boris's fares
and improvement budget announcement on Thursday.

I was surprised to see a wood-slatted up escalator. I would have
thought all these have gone since the King's Cross fire.

It's because it's an open air station, not underground. Very unusually
for an "Underground" station, the escalator takes you up to viaduct
level, and the platforms are in the open air, so there's no real fire
risk.

Are there plans for the Greenford escalator to be removed or modernized
any time soon? (I hope it waits at least until my next visit to London.)
--
David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA