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Stephen Farrow · October 21st 06, 10:39 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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(Stephen Farrow) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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(John B) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
I still don't really understand why they didn't keep CX open
for peak hour or occasional trains so instead of reversing at
green park the train and passengers just continue to CX. After
all, apart from not having to clean the platforms so often wheres
the gain in closing them?
IIRC the escalators to the Jubilee line platforms at CX were
officially "life-expired" and would have had to have been
replaced for passengers to continue to have been allowed to
access the platforms.
Que? The line was only opened in 1977! How old are these
escalators?
29, presumably.
So why on earth do they need replacing?
Because their design life was shorter than 29 years?

I should hope not. See the sub-thread about Greenford.

Well, sure, but if they've been in place for 29 years, and would now
have to be replaced *because they're life-expired" (and have been out of
service for more than a couple of years), then, clearly, their design
life was less than 29 years.

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Stephen

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