At Angel station where an escalator is being replaced there is a sign
saying "This escalator has travelled to the moon and back". Is this
true? Why did they take an escalator to the moon?

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"Billy Bollock Chops" wrote in message
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At Angel station where an escalator is being replaced there is a sign
saying "This escalator has travelled to the moon and back". Is this
true? Why did they take an escalator to the moon?

Some of the craters on the moon are very deep. When you're wearing a space
suit, it's a lot easier to use the escalator (remebering to stand on the
right!) than to climb up the emergency steps cut in the side of the crater.
Some older craters have lifts, but these are gradually being replaced by
escalators. ;-)

Martin Underwood wrote:
"Billy Bollock Chops" wrote in
message news:1112626535.8c2e56f63c9b0b270e301e7f88638775@t eranews...
At Angel station where an escalator is being replaced there is a
sign saying "This escalator has travelled to the moon and back".
Is this true? Why did they take an escalator to the moon?

Some of the craters on the moon are very deep. When you're wearing
a space suit, it's a lot easier to use the escalator (remebering to
stand on the right!) than to climb up the emergency steps cut in
the side of the crater. Some older craters have lifts, but these
are gradually being replaced by escalators. ;-)

LOL! So why did they send this one back? (Answer: because it wasn't
reliable, apparently.)

More seriously, wasn't this escalator new when the station was rebuilt
only a few years ago? Is it one of the very long ones (the longest on
the Underground in fact)?
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Martin Underwood wrote:
"Billy Bollock Chops" wrote in
message news:1112626535.8c2e56f63c9b0b270e301e7f88638775@t eranews...
At Angel station where an escalator is being replaced there is a sign
saying "This escalator has travelled to the moon and back". Is this
true? Why did they take an escalator to the moon?

Some of the craters on the moon are very deep. When you're wearing a
space suit, it's a lot easier to use the escalator (remebering to
stand on the right!) than to climb up the emergency steps cut in the
side of the crater. Some older craters have lifts, but these are
gradually being replaced by escalators. ;-)

It's very understandable that they would want to install escalators in the
Moon's craters, but why would they bring it back and why should LU have to
put up with secondhand equipment? After all they charge enough for the
fares!!

"Brimstone" wrote in message
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Martin Underwood wrote:
"Billy Bollock Chops" wrote in
message news:1112626535.8c2e56f63c9b0b270e301e7f88638775@t eranews...
At Angel station where an escalator is being replaced there is a sign
saying "This escalator has travelled to the moon and back". Is this
true? Why did they take an escalator to the moon?

Some of the craters on the moon are very deep. When you're wearing a
space suit, it's a lot easier to use the escalator (remembering to
stand on the right!) than to climb up the emergency steps cut in the
side of the crater. Some older craters have lifts, but these are
gradually being replaced by escalators. ;-)

It's very understandable that they would want to install escalators in the
Moon's craters, but why would they bring it back and why should LU have to
put up with secondhand equipment? After all they charge enough for the
fares!!

You've heard the phrase "these fares cost the earth" - by extension,
*really* expensive fares "cost the moon" ;-)

Martin Underwood wrote:
"Brimstone" wrote in message
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Martin Underwood wrote:
"Billy Bollock Chops" wrote in
message news:1112626535.8c2e56f63c9b0b270e301e7f88638775@t eranews...
At Angel station where an escalator is being replaced there is a
sign saying "This escalator has travelled to the moon and back".
Is this true? Why did they take an escalator to the moon?

Some of the craters on the moon are very deep. When you're wearing a
space suit, it's a lot easier to use the escalator (remembering to
stand on the right!) than to climb up the emergency steps cut in the
side of the crater. Some older craters have lifts, but these are
gradually being replaced by escalators. ;-)

It's very understandable that they would want to install escalators
in the Moon's craters, but why would they bring it back and why
should LU have to put up with secondhand equipment? After all they
charge enough for the fares!!

You've heard the phrase "these fares cost the earth" - by extension,
*really* expensive fares "cost the moon" ;-)

LOL

In article , Richard J.
writes
More seriously, wasn't this escalator new when the station was rebuilt
only a few years ago?

Yes, though it's a bit more than a few years now; the new platform
opened in October 1992.

Is it one of the very long ones (the longest on
the Underground in fact)?

The upper flight at Angel is the longest on LU. At one point it was
claimed to be the longest in Western Europe.

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In article ,
Niklas Karlsson wrote:
Martin Underwood wrote on Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:10:26 +0100:

Some of the craters on the moon are very deep. When you're wearing a space
suit, it's a lot easier to use the escalator (remebering to stand on the
right!) than to climb up the emergency steps cut in the side of the crater.

So that's why the US space program was so expensive - they had to bring
a set of dogs and children, and spacesuits for them too, so the
astronauts could use the escalators...

And that's why they haven't been back, they're waiting for the
completion of the escalator repairs.

Nick
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"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote in message
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In article , Richard J.
writes

Is it one of the very long ones (the longest on
the Underground in fact)?

The upper flight at Angel is the longest on LU. At one point it was
claimed to be the longest in Western Europe.

That's interesting. I've got a book [1] that says the Piccadilly Line
escalator at Leicester Square is the longest: 161 ft 6 in (49.6 m) on slope
/ 80 ft 9 in (24.6 m) vertical rise, giving an angle with the horizontal of
arcsin(24.6/49.6) = 30 degrees.

When was the Angel escalator installed? Did it replace a lift? In that case,
maybe it was installed since my book was written.



[1] The London Underground Illustrated, Oliver Green, Ian Allen, 1987, ISBN
0-7110-1720-4

In message ,
Martin Underwood writes

That's interesting. I've got a book [1] that says the Piccadilly Line
escalator at Leicester Square is the longest: 161 ft 6 in (49.6 m) on slope
/ 80 ft 9 in (24.6 m) vertical rise, giving an angle with the horizontal of
arcsin(24.6/49.6) = 30 degrees.

When was the Angel escalator installed? Did it replace a lift? In that case,
maybe it was installed since my book was written.



[1] The London Underground Illustrated, Oliver Green, Ian Allen, 1987, ISBN
0-7110-1720-4

Angel tube station was totally rebuilt in 1992.

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Paul Terry