"David A Stocks" wrote in message
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It can depend on how much traffic there is: the Victoria Line down
escalator at Victoria always seems to be stand both sides when I use it
during the evening peaks. Escalators shift more people if they're
standing anyway.

I'd always understood that LU escalators weren't made to have people just
standing still on them and that it can cause them to pack up. Not sure how
right that is, though.

Ian

"Ian F." wrote in message
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"David A Stocks" wrote in message
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It can depend on how much traffic there is: the Victoria Line down
escalator at Victoria always seems to be stand both sides when I use it
during the evening peaks. Escalators shift more people if they're
standing anyway.

I'd always understood that LU escalators weren't made to have people just
standing still on them and that it can cause them to pack up. Not sure how
right that is, though.

Ian

There certainly used to be signs at some stations requesting users to stand
both sides when things get busy, and I've seen/heard LU staff with
megaphones asking people to do this at crowded stations when escalator
service is reduced for maintenance.

DAS