Why London Underground stopped people walking up the escalators

Re:Why London Underground stopped people walking up the esca... by eddieroger on Saturday January 16, 2016 @05:10PM (#10917088)

Well, the point of the article was that if people are standing on one side, you've only got half efficiency, so if they take a whole escalator and make it walkers only and double up the other one, nothing is gained. At least if the outer was stand only and the middle was current rule, there's a 25% increase.

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Re:Why London Underground stopped people walking up the esca... by efes on Sunday January 17, 2016 @06:48AM (#10919188)

I think the article is missing the obvious point that the queue at the bottom affects walkers as well as standers even though it is being formed by the delays caused by standers needing more time on the escalator. Allow walkers up the middle well separated escalator without interference and many more people would walk.

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Re:Why London Underground stopped people walking up the esca... by Swannie on Sunday January 17, 2016 @07:21PM (#10921792)

I doubt it. Even if you are relatively fit, many of these escalators are equivalent to 2 - 3 flights of stairs, after sitting standing in a hot carriage for 30mins plus.

The speed that you are expected to ascend as a "walker" is high. I know, because I used to climb every day, and I would get disapproving noises/looks if I failed to climb with sufficient speed.

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