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[Trivia] Stations with the most Escalators from platform to street

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At Moorefields 3 up and 1 down to street level from the Wirral line platforms.

Any more at other stations?

Saperstein.

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Im talking about most escalators from platform to street, or vice versa.

Not total number of escalators at a given station.
 
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I think Reading has 19.

From the footbridge:
  • 4 to plat 1-7
  • 4 to plat 8/9
  • 3 to plat 10/11
  • 3 to plat 12/13
  • 3 to plat 14/15
  • 2 to North entrance
 

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London Bridge has quite a few now after the rebuild. Not sure how many though
 

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Sorry. Might not have been as clear as I could have been in my OP.

I was talking about most escalators from platform to street, or vice versa.

Not total number of escalators at a given station.

I will edit my OP accordingly.

Thanks.

Saperstein.
 

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I'm afraid your clarification has made me understand the question less, sorry! Think of a station with multiple escalators to reach a platform from "Street" level - many have mezzanine levels, do the intermediate ones count or not?
 

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I'm afraid your clarification has made me understand the question less, sorry! Think of a station with multiple escalators to reach a platform from "Street" level - many have mezzanine levels, do the intermediate ones count or not?

Hi @mmh

Yes, if you need to use them to get to the platform or street but not escalators the other side of the station you don’t need to use.

For example at Moorefields, from the Wirral lines platforms it takes 3 escalators to get up to the ticket barriers and another one to get down to street level, not counting others in the building in use for the Northern line.

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks

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So the number of escalators you need to use to get from platform to street, not number of escalators on a station? Got it, I think
 

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Can we use the tube? If so then Bank / Monument complex to get on the Circle / District lines. Enter at Bank, go via the Northern ticket hall, DLR and up to Monument. I make that 3 down and 2 up. Does involve stairs to platforms at Monument, and from street to ticket hall at Bank though.
 

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Can we use the tube? If so then Bank / Monument complex to get on the Circle / District lines. Enter at Bank, go via the Northern ticket hall, DLR and up to Monument. I make that 3 down and 2 up. Does involve stairs to platforms at Monument, and from street to ticket hall at Bank though.

Hi @sharpley

Yes can use the tube.

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Also, for stations with multiple entrances, is it just minimum number you would need or would we be able to pick a preferred exit (Example: Glasgow Central LL to the Union St exit requires 2 escalators and 2 sets of stairs, compared with the Argyle Street exit which requires one of each)
 

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Also, for stations with multiple entrances, is it just minimum number you would need or would we be able to pick a preferred exit (Example: Glasgow Central LL to the Union St exit requires 2 escalators and 2 sets of stairs, compared with the Argyle Street exit which requires one of each)

I was thinking more of minimum number to get in/out.

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Is there not a rule that there must be stairs for emergencies? In which case, the minimum number of escalators required to get to street will always be zero.
 

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Is there not a rule that there must be stairs for emergencies? In which case, the minimum number of escalators required to get to street will always be zero.

Good question.

The other day Merseyrail Tweeted that there was a power outage and they had to close one of their Liverpool stations.

A passenger queried it saying that it was just the escalators weren’t working and was told that they are not aloud to keep the station open if the escalators fail?

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Good question.

The other day Merseyrail Tweeted that there was a power outage and they had to close one of their Liverpool stations.

A passenger queried it saying that it was just the escalators weren’t working and was told that they are not aloud to keep the station open if the escalators fail?

Saperstein
Because most emergency staircases tend be behind a one-way emergency door?
 

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Good question.

The other day Merseyrail Tweeted that there was a power outage and they had to close one of their Liverpool stations.

A passenger queried it saying that it was just the escalators weren’t working and was told that they are not aloud to keep the station open if the escalators fail?

Saperstein

If no escalator can work in the up direction then trains cant stop at that platform on the merseyrail underground. Down escalators not working dont matter.
 

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Is there not a rule that there must be stairs for emergencies? In which case, the minimum number of escalators required to get to street will always be zero.

No, that's not a rule. Just on Merseyrail there's Lime Street, Liverpool Central P3 and all platforms at Moorfields requiring use of at least one escalator.
 

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Hi @mmh

Yes, if you need to use them to get to the platform or street but not escalators the other side of the station you don’t need to use.

For example at Moorefields, from the Wirral lines platforms it takes 3 escalators to get up to the ticket barriers and another one to get down to street level, not counting others in the building in use for the Northern line.

Hope that makes sense.

Being pendant, it's actually spelt Moorfields not Moorefields

Euston, has about 3 esculaters going from Victoria line & Northern line Bank branch platforms to the entrance.
Waterloo too have a few from platform level to the entrance.

Here's a good 3D layout of London Underground stations
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015/07/12/3d-maps-of-every-underground-station-ab/
 

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I was thinking more of minimum number to get in/out.

Saperstein.
It is possible to exit Moorfields without using any escalators but assuming that the lifts cant be used, using the Old Hall Street exit at Moorfields would require 3 escalators from the Wirral Line to the street. (1 from the Northern line). As you say to use the Moorfields exit the most obvious route for an able bodied person is up 3 then down 1 from the Wirral Line but by the external escalator there is also a spiral ramp so that escalator doesn't actually have to be used so the minimum number for either exit at Moorfields is 3 from the Wirral line.
 

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Good question.

The other day Merseyrail Tweeted that there was a power outage and they had to close one of their Liverpool stations.

A passenger queried it saying that it was just the escalators weren’t working and was told that they are not aloud to keep the station open if the escalators fail?

Saperstein

It’s not the case that there must be stairs - many London Underground stations have no means of access other than escalators, including for staff.

In some cases a stairway was kept when only two escalators are provided (for example Camden Town), however this is for convenience to allow for when one escalator is out of use, I don’t believe it’s a requirement as such.

What will be an issue however is that if no up escalator service is available then it may be written into a station’s safety plan that it must be closed, simply because people aren’t deemed to be able to evacuate quickly enough via a stopped escalator (or stairs where provided). Such a policy is more likely the deeper a station is.

Modern stations require secondary escape, normally in the form of at least one dedicated escape stair, often two. Merseyrail seem to have sort of retrospectively ticked this box, albeit in a rather basic manner - for example Hamilton Square has the old Shore Road subway, Moorfields has the Old Hall St exit, and Lime Street has the running tunnels. I doubt any of these would be considered to meet the requirements of a new-build.
 
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