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Earl's Court escalators
I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until next
Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance. Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange elsewhere but stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and stairs? On my Wimbledon-Upminster train people were told to interchange at South Kensington, not the quickest if going West from Earls Court. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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wrote: [snip] Theres also no access to the piccadilly at holborn in the mornings due them repairing one of the escalators AGAIN. They were all completely rebuilt only 3 years ago, WTF is going on? Is that ongoing? This BBC London travel tweet is from Sun 11 Sept - but a quick search hasn't found mention of it since: http://twitter.com/#!/BBCTravelAlert...03719305232385 No mention of Holborn on the 'stations' tab on the TfL live travel news page: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravel....html#stations |
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:39:52 +0100
"Mizter T" wrote: wrote: [snip] Theres also no access to the piccadilly at holborn in the mornings due them repairing one of the escalators AGAIN. They were all completely rebuilt only 3 years ago, WTF is going on? Is that ongoing? It was there this morning. Perhaps its new, its the first time I've got off at holborn for a few weeks. You could come off the piccadilly but not get on to it. B2003 |
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(Richard J.) wrote: wrote on 15 September 2011 14:54:28 ... I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until next Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance. Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange elsewhere but stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and stairs? Because (a) the lifts are already out of action for refurbishment, and (b) "due to the limited space available to carry out works on the faulty escalator ..., LU will need to close the landing area around the escalator to carry out the works." That would leave only a narrow spiral staircase for access to and from the Piccadilly platforms. As I see it, LU had no choice having discovered the problem with the escalator. The question remains what checks were carried out 6 months ago on the state of the escalator bearings which are now stated to be "likely to fail within the next few weeks". LU press release at http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tre/21001.aspx Thanks for those details. Things are much clearer now. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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"Richard J." wrote in message
wrote on 15 September 2011 14:54:28 ... I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until next Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance. Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange elsewhere but stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and stairs? Because (a) the lifts are already out of action for refurbishment, and (b) "due to the limited space available to carry out works on the faulty escalator ..., LU will need to close the landing area around the escalator to carry out the works." That would leave only a narrow spiral staircase for access to and from the Piccadilly platforms. I wonder why the lifts have been closed for so long? I had thought that they were due to be back in service months ago. |
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On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:27:45 +0100
"Recliner" wrote: I wonder why the lifts have been closed for so long? I had thought that they were due to be back in service months ago. That might have required somebody working hard. Unions don't allow it. B2003 |
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Recliner wrote on 16 September 2011
11:27:45 ... "Richard wrote in message wrote on 15 September 2011 14:54:28 ... I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until next Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance. Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange elsewhere but stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and stairs? Because (a) the lifts are already out of action for refurbishment, and (b) "due to the limited space available to carry out works on the faulty escalator ..., LU will need to close the landing area around the escalator to carry out the works." That would leave only a narrow spiral staircase for access to and from the Piccadilly platforms. I wonder why the lifts have been closed for so long? I had thought that they were due to be back in service months ago. From TfL's press release on 31 Mar 2011: "Two lifts at Earl's Court Tube station will be out of service from Monday 4 April until March 2012 for refurbishment work." -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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