Thread: Inclined lift at Greenford Station replaces the last wooden escalator
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Old November 14th 15, 10:13 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default Inclined lift at Greenford Station replaces the last woodenescalator
On 14/11/2015 09:03, Chris J Dixon wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxScXvX1Dv4

I'm a little surprised that they claim it uses less power than a
conventional lift. If you have to raise a given mass through a
given vertical distance, shouldn't the answer be the same?


More efficient and I suspect the actual lift body weighs less than a
wooden escalator.


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