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Posted by Fytton on Fri Apr 28 10:40:39 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by TeaBiscuit18thAveDude on Fri Apr 28 08:33:32 2006. "It'll probably be akin to the PATH station at the ex-WTC site, with multiple mezzanines before reaching track level deux."Very likely. Very long escalators are possible, but owing to the slope the top level is then a long way (horizontally) from the bottom level. While this can be useful, it probably isn't helpful when you put in a new facility vertically beneath an existing one. With several shorter ones, they go down in zig-zag fashion. Very long escalators can be alarming to timorous users, too. of course, the Soviet Union didn't worry about that sort of thing, so there are very long escalators on the Moscw and St Petersburg metros. These are very deep - rumouredly so that the stations could double up as nuclear shelters if necessary. The longest one in London is at Holborn station, I believe. |
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