Tube station abandons "stand on the right" escalator rule - Telegraph
What will the penalty be for those caught walking on the escalator?
What will the penalty be for those caught walking on the escalator?
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Force them to be moved onto a permanent payroll, tax their oyster cards and drain any sense of ambition from them.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
Oops, sorry -- wrong thread.
What a load of horlicks though. I bet the station staff thought it as daft as everyone else did.
Rather than spending time telling busy people to stand still, they should get down to the piccadilly depots and investigate how they suddenly have a "shortage of trains". Did all the carriages gone on a training course or something? -
It'll never catch on. I predict extreme tutting.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
Do you remember Dom Joly where those 2 guys in fat suits block the tube escalators at rush hour?Comment
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Would never work here....
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Standing on both sides of the escalator
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More on the science behind it: Holborn Tests Standing on Both Sides of the EscalatorOriginally posted by NickFitz View Post
However, looking at the account of the trial in 2002:
The increased capacity was more due to the walking side constantly shuffling forwards as people felt the need to walk and preferred to tut at people who stood.
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TfL have got the results of this experiment now: The tube at a standstill: why TfL stopped people walking up the escalators | UK news | The Guardian
TLDR: it works, but getting people to actually do it is hard, and getting them to like it is even harder. It caused "…a great deal of non-verbal communication in the form of head-shaking"
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FLC can't help but stand on both sides of the escalator. Not sure that would speed anything up though..Comment
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