"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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According to "The London Underground", Oliver Green, Ian Allan, ISBN
0-7110-1720-4, the longest escalator is at Leicester Square on the
Piccadilly Line: 161 ft 6 in (49.6 m) on slope or 80 ft 9 in (24.6 m)
vertical rise.

must be an old book then coz Angel on the Northern Line is 318 steps and 90
feet