Re: Wheaton Metro Escalator; 2nd Longest Anywhere?

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

Sorry, that's Parliament Station in Melbourne, Australia.


Daniel
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"Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> I read years ago that the escalators at the southern end of Parliament
> station between the concourse and platforms 1&2 are (or were) the longest
in
> the southern hemisphere. Sorry, can't tell you *how* long they are, but
> maybe someone will know.
>
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> Daniel
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> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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> "Michael Malak" <malak@claygency.com> wrote in message
> news:sz6%5.69324$4K4.11073088@typhoon.southeast.rr.com...
> > "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:3A3CD396.CDCAD0BE@mediaone.net...
> > > - Longest escalator in the western hemisphere,
> > >   230 ft/70 m - Wheaton station
> >
> > According to this web site, that's incorrect as of 1998:
> > http://www.nycsubway.org/us/washdc/red.html
> >
> > Also, I gave heights rather than lengths.  Escalators are generally
twice
> > as long as they are high.
> >
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> > Michael Malak
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