On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:22:13 +0000
Ken Wheatley wrote:
The platforms at Aldgate are on such a tight curve I doubt anything
much can be done to alleviate the situation.

The A stock partially solved it by having a floor higher than the platform and
so allowing the floor to be wider. Of course now LU has to cater for all these
fictitious wheelchair users who are flocking to the tube in droves (not) now
its being made more accessable that clearly isn't possible.

B2003

wrote:
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:22:13 +0000
Ken Wheatley wrote:
The platforms at Aldgate are on such a tight curve I doubt anything
much can be done to alleviate the situation.

The A stock partially solved it by having a floor higher than the platform and
so allowing the floor to be wider. Of course now LU has to cater for all these
fictitious wheelchair users who are flocking to the tube in droves (not) now
its being made more accessable that clearly isn't possible.

Perhaps more of them will, once the stations at *both* ends of their
journeys are accessible?

On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:33:04 -0600
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:22:13 +0000
Ken Wheatley wrote:
The platforms at Aldgate are on such a tight curve I doubt anything
much can be done to alleviate the situation.

The A stock partially solved it by having a floor higher than the platform
and
so allowing the floor to be wider. Of course now LU has to cater for all
these
fictitious wheelchair users who are flocking to the tube in droves (not) now
its being made more accessable that clearly isn't possible.

Perhaps more of them will, once the stations at *both* ends of their
journeys are accessible?

There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen someone in
a wheelchair on the tube yet?

B2003

In article , wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:33:04 -0600
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:22:13 +0000
Ken Wheatley wrote:
The platforms at Aldgate are on such a tight curve I doubt anything
much can be done to alleviate the situation.

The A stock partially solved it by having a floor higher than the platform
and
so allowing the floor to be wider. Of course now LU has to cater for all
these
fictitious wheelchair users who are flocking to the tube in droves (not) now
its being made more accessable that clearly isn't possible.

Perhaps more of them will, once the stations at *both* ends of their
journeys are accessible?

There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen someone in
a wheelchair on the tube yet?

Why are you so focussed on wheelchairs ? Plenty of people have problems
with steps who aren't in chairs. (and steps from platform across a
ruddy great gap into a train, or vice versa, still count as steps).

Nick
--
"The Internet, a sort of ersatz counterfeit of real life"
-- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:55:25 +0000 (UTC)
Nick Leverton wrote:
There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen someone in
a wheelchair on the tube yet?

Why are you so focussed on wheelchairs ? Plenty of people have problems

I'm not, but LU are. All these changes are SPECIFICALLY for wheelchair users,
not people who need a stick to walk and so on.

B2003

In article , d
says...

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:55:25 +0000 (UTC)
Nick Leverton wrote:
There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen someone in
a wheelchair on the tube yet?

Why are you so focussed on wheelchairs ? Plenty of people have problems

I'm not, but LU are. All these changes are SPECIFICALLY for wheelchair users,
not people who need a stick to walk and so on.

B2003

Wheelchair users seen on Central, Jubilee, Northern and District Lines
at various times last year and this year.

In article ,
d wrote:
There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen someone in
a wheelchair on the tube yet?

There are 66 stations which step-free from street to platform. That
means that there are 66 time 65 (just over 4 thousand) possible
journeys with both ends step-free. Assuming all the interchanges
are step free, of course.

There are 270 stations total. That means that there are 270*269
(or just over 72 thousand) possible journeys on LuL.

That means that around 6% of journeys are possible step-free.

If LuL wish to improve things, more power to them: 6% is dreadfully
low. Remember that the design life of S-Stock is probably around
30 years - and a lot can change in that time. In the mean time,
step free adaptations are mostly benifiting those with prams and
luggage; for them, a step free station at one end of the journey
will help as they have the option of strugling up the stairs at the
other end.


Cheers,
Mike

--
Mike Bristow

On 05/11/2012 10:45, d wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:33:04 -0600
Recliner wrote:

The A stock partially solved it by having a floor higher than the platform
and so allowing the floor to be wider. Of course now LU has to cater for
all these fictitious wheelchair users who are flocking to the tube in droves
(not) now its being made more accessable that clearly isn't
possible.

Perhaps more of them will, once the stations at *both* ends of their
journeys are accessible?

There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen someone in
a wheelchair on the tube yet?

Yes.

(If all your first-person observations come from a part of the network
that isn't accessible, well...)

On 05/11/2012 16:52, Mike Bristow wrote:

In article ,
d wrote:
There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen
someone in a wheelchair on the tube yet?

There are 66 stations which step-free from street to platform. That
means that there are 66 time 65 (just over 4 thousand) possible
journeys with both ends step-free. Assuming all the interchanges
are step free, of course.

There are 270 stations total. That means that there are 270*269
(or just over 72 thousand) possible journeys on LuL.

That means that around 6% of journeys are possible step-free.

If LuL wish to improve things, more power to them: 6% is dreadfully
low. Remember that the design life of S-Stock is probably around
30 years - and a lot can change in that time. In the mean time,
step free adaptations are mostly benifiting those with prams and
luggage; for them, a step free station at one end of the journey
will help as they have the option of strugling up the stairs at the
other end.

Well said.

Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
d wrote:
There are plenty of journeys available already. Has anyone seen someone in
a wheelchair on the tube yet?

There are 66 stations which step-free from street to platform. That
means that there are 66 time 65 (just over 4 thousand) possible
journeys with both ends step-free. Assuming all the interchanges
are step free, of course.

There are 270 stations total. That means that there are 270*269
(or just over 72 thousand) possible journeys on LuL.

That means that around 6% of journeys are possible step-free.

If LuL wish to improve things, more power to them: 6% is dreadfully
low. Remember that the design life of S-Stock is probably around
30 years - and a lot can change in that time. In the mean time,
step free adaptations are mostly benifiting those with prams and
luggage; for them, a step free station at one end of the journey
will help as they have the option of strugling up the stairs at the
other end.

Actually, it's even more useful at interchange stations. When I change en
route from Heathrow, having lifts at Acton Town saves me stairs both up and
down when carrying a heavy suitcase. I often meet people pushing prams when
doing so.