wrote on 15 September 2011 14:54:28 ...
I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until next
Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance.

Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange elsewhere but
stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and stairs?

Because (a) the lifts are already out of action for refurbishment, and
(b) "due to the limited space available to carry out works on the faulty
escalator ..., LU will need to close the landing area around the
escalator to carry out the works." That would leave only a narrow
spiral staircase for access to and from the Piccadilly platforms.

As I see it, LU had no choice having discovered the problem with the
escalator. The question remains what checks were carried out 6 months
ago on the state of the escalator bearings which are now stated to be
"likely to fail within the next few weeks".

LU press release at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tre/21001.aspx
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(Richard J.) wrote:

wrote on 15 September 2011 14:54:28 ...
I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until next
Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance.

Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange elsewhere
but stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and stairs?

Because (a) the lifts are already out of action for refurbishment,
and (b) "due to the limited space available to carry out works on the
faulty escalator ..., LU will need to close the landing area around
the escalator to carry out the works." That would leave only a
narrow spiral staircase for access to and from the Piccadilly
platforms.

As I see it, LU had no choice having discovered the problem with the
escalator. The question remains what checks were carried out 6
months ago on the state of the escalator bearings which are now
stated to be "likely to fail within the next few weeks".

LU press release at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...tre/21001.aspx

Thanks for those details. Things are much clearer now.

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Colin Rosenstiel

"Richard J." wrote in message

wrote on 15 September 2011 14:54:28 ...
I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until
next Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance.

Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange
elsewhere but stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and
stairs?

Because (a) the lifts are already out of action for refurbishment, and
(b) "due to the limited space available to carry out works on the
faulty escalator ..., LU will need to close the landing area around
the escalator to carry out the works." That would leave only a narrow
spiral staircase for access to and from the Piccadilly platforms.

I wonder why the lifts have been closed for so long? I had thought that
they were due to be back in service months ago.

On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:27:45 +0100
"Recliner" wrote:
I wonder why the lifts have been closed for so long? I had thought that
they were due to be back in service months ago.

That might have required somebody working hard. Unions don't allow it.

B2003

d wrote on 16 September 2011 11:54:23 ...
On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:27:45 +0100
wrote:
I wonder why the lifts have been closed for so long? I had thought that
they were due to be back in service months ago.

That might have required somebody working hard. Unions don't allow it.

Apparently they do now. The Piccadilly Line has resumed stopping at
Earl's Court this morning. The escalator work was finished ahead of
schedule.
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Richard J.
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Recliner wrote on 16 September 2011
11:27:45 ...
"Richard wrote in message

wrote on 15 September 2011 14:54:28 ...
I see that Piccadilly trains aren't stopping from yesterday until
next Wednesday (inclusive) due to emergency escalator maintenance.

Anyone got any more details? Why not use encourage interchange
elsewhere but stop anyway and allow people to use the lifts and
stairs?

Because (a) the lifts are already out of action for refurbishment, and
(b) "due to the limited space available to carry out works on the
faulty escalator ..., LU will need to close the landing area around
the escalator to carry out the works." That would leave only a narrow
spiral staircase for access to and from the Piccadilly platforms.

I wonder why the lifts have been closed for so long? I had thought that
they were due to be back in service months ago.

From TfL's press release on 31 Mar 2011: "Two lifts at Earl's Court
Tube station will be out of service from Monday 4 April until March 2012
for refurbishment work."
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Richard J.
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