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Presumably, in the morning peak, they think the passenger load would be
too much to bear.

But the evening peak it is? I don't understand that.


The point is as follows. It is considered unreasonable for passengers to have to
walk *up* an escalator shaft, therefore an *up* escalator service must be
maintained at all times whilst passengers are allowed to exit the station. It is
not possible to have a station closed to exiting passengers as it is impossible
to prevent people from leaving a train.

At Marylebone, in the morning peak, most passengers will be going down rather
than up, therefore - with an up escalator service still having to be maintained
- all these passengers will have to use the fixed staircase. Presumably it is
considered that this volume of passengers using a narrow staircase would be
unsafe.

And yet at Moorgate (WAGN) the same situation applies without anyone
thinking it's unacceptable?

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Grebbsy McLaren writes
And yet at Moorgate (WAGN) the same situation applies without anyone
thinking it's unacceptable?

1. There are alternative routes to the WAGN platform.
2. Are the passenger numbers equivalent?

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In reply to news post, which Dave
wrote on Mon, 14 Jul 2003 -
Grebbsy McLaren writes
And yet at Moorgate (WAGN) the same situation applies without anyone
thinking it's unacceptable?

1. There are alternative routes to the WAGN platform.
2. Are the passenger numbers equivalent?


There certainly seemed to be many people this morning who did not know
about the closure - but to be honest if they controlled the entrance to
the station I would have thought the stairs could have been used. They
could say let 10 people at a time go down, they already have staff their
telling people to go elsewhere.
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