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TheOneKEA · January 23rd 04, 12:15 AM posted to uk.transport.london

(Matt Ashby) wrote in message . com...
Why, when the platforms are not in use and the area is closed off, are
the lights kept on in the escalator shafts leading from the bottom of
the main escalators at Charing Cross to the Jubilee line?

Music video shooting excepted.

Also, are these areas being maintained because there are plans to
re-use them, or is it just standard procedure not to let things rot
for safety reasons?

I have heard in many places that the Charing Cross Jubilee Line
platforms are kept in operating condition because they offer a perfect
spot to deposit passengers if there should be a problem on the Jubilee
Line. In fact, I have heard that they have been used at times when the
JLE had engineering issues that required some time to work out.

Brad