Re: Wheaton Metro Escalator; 2nd Longest Anywhere?

["William Pearce" <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au>]

    Fellow Travellers,
  Now, having determined the length of Melb's longest escalator, how about
someone in Sweaty Jockstrap City descending into the bowels of their system
with a sandglass and a slate and pencil and  working out the same thing.

Regards,

Bill.

"Chris Brownbill" <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote in message
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> William Pearce wrote:
> >
> >         Chris, my apologies to you, your 'foot' ruler was more accurate
than
> > my memory.
>
> Tis orright!
>
> >   An article in the March 1999 edition of 'Railways Today' describes a
visit
> > to the three route metro in Kyiv, the capital of the Ukraine, and it
said
> > that '...one of the central stations (name not given) has the world's
> > longest escalator with a rise of 65m ...' . This would give a slant
length
> > of 130m, over three times that of the Parliament ones!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bill.
> >
>
> Blimey, you wouldn't want to suffer acrophobia!