On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 at 09:47:20, John Hearns wrote:

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 22:53:16 +0000, Richard J. wrote:



Maybe, but I was comparing the situation in a typical office building,
say, where lifts are not available in a fire, with the situation in a
tube *train* (not station) where there is neither refuge nor fireproof
lift.

The lift at Bermondsey is a firefighting lift.

As may be - but it goes to the *station*, and Richard J is thinking of
the situation within a tube *train*. There are no lifts in a train, and
precious few ways of getting out of one in a tunnel in an emergency.
Except, of course, on those lines which are not technically "tube"
lines.
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Annabel Smyth
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I think there is something fundamentally missing from
this discussion.

Disabled people - and that includes blind people with guide dogs,
people with walking difficulties and people in wheelchairs are
able to travel on any London Underground or DLR train, on any line, at any
time.

Whether or not of course the wheelchair can get onto the platform/train
depends on the stations en route.