In message , Richard J.
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At Montparnasse-Bienvenuë Métro station actually. It runs at 9 km/h
instead of the usual 3 km/h. Stepping on and off a travelator going at
that speed would be hazardous, so they have a transition area at each
end where there are small rollers turning at a slower speed. It could
be tricky to use the same technique for an escalator. There's a photo
I took earlier this year at
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=40778626&noresize=1
I've been there several times but never found it working. Have I been
unlucky, or has it been taken out of use permanently?

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Clive Page

Clive Page wrote:
In message ,
Richard J. writes
At Montparnasse-Bienvenuë Métro station actually. It runs at 9
km/h instead of the usual 3 km/h. Stepping on and off a
travelator going at that speed would be hazardous, so they have a
transition area at each end where there are small rollers turning
at a slower speed. It could be tricky to use the same technique
for an escalator. There's a photo I took earlier this year at
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=40778626&noresize=1
I've been there several times but never found it working. Have I
been unlucky, or has it been taken out of use permanently?

You've been unlucky. It was working when I took the photo in April, and
I used it again in August.

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Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)