"although the building still stands. Angel tube station on Islington High Street has the longest escalator on the London Underground system, at 318 steps. In 2006 a Norwegian man made headlines after skiing down the escalator at the station. Islington features extensively in modern English literature and culture: The area is well served by bus routes, with a major bus interchange located near Angel tube station. Red route and residents' parking restrictions apply throughout the area. The Civil Aviation Authority has its head office in the CAA House in Islington. Grade II* English Heritage list three Grade II* listed buildings"
"GER on 1 May 1903. The line has three junctions: The line has the shortest escalator on the London Underground system, at Stratford (previously at Chancery Lane), with a rise of and at Stratford and Greenford the only stations where escalators take passengers up to the trains. That at Greenford was the last escalator with wooden treads on the system until it was replaced in March 2014. They were exempt from fire regulations because they were outside the tunnel system. The line has the shallowest Tube platforms on the system, at Redbridge, just below the road, and the sharpest curve,"
"were originally maple wood, then aluminium from 1963, and this had been replaced with plastic or rubber following an increase in serious injuries following falls. However, following the King's Cross fire, aluminium treads have been used. There are 426 escalators on the London Underground system and the longest, at , is at Angel. The shortest, at Stratford, gives a vertical rise of . There are 184 lifts across the Underground, with 72 stations having step-free access from street to train. Major efforts have taken place to improve accessibility across the Underground, with the Jubilee line extension having lifts from opening"
"each, and are the original models from 1951. At the time of construction, they were the highest single-rise escalators in the UK, with a vertical rise of and a length of . In 1992, escalators with a higher vertical rise of and in length were constructed at Angel station on the London Underground. The Tyne Tunnel escalators remain the longest wooden escalators in the world. In a refitting phase the escalators and lift shafts were due to be upgraded by October 2010 to early 2011 at a cost of £500,000. A £6,000,000 refurbishment was due to take place in 2011,"
"escalators directly to Northern line level followed by stairs to the platforms. The escalators are among the longest in the tube, and take a minute top to bottom if you stand on them. In addition to the eastern ticket hall expansion, a new western entrance and ticket hall is being built under Dean Street as part of the Crossrail project, leading to both the Crossrail platforms and to the parallel Central line platforms. The Crossrail station 'box' was constructed as part of the Underground ticket hall works, and completed in an un-fitted form by 12 January 2015. Similar to the"
"excavated partially under the roadway. From there banks of escalators were provided down to both sets of platforms. The redundant lifts were removed but the lift shaft remains in use as a ventilation shaft hidden behind a small door on the first landing of the Cranbourn street entrance stairs. The redeveloped station opened in 1935. The escalators down to the Piccadilly line were the longest on the entire Underground network, being 54 m (177 ft) in length, until the rebuilding and reopening of Angel in 1992, which overtook Leicester Square with its 60 m (197 ft) escalators. Offices above the"
"escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they take another escalator ride down to the platform. Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons. There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system. The downward escalators pour would-be"
"Holloway Road tube station Holloway Road is a station on the London Underground. It is on the Piccadilly line between Caledonian Road and Arsenal stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2. The station opened on 15 December 1906. The station was constructed by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway and was built with two lift shafts, but only one was ever used for lifts. The second shaft was the site of an experimental spiral escalator which was built by the American inventor of escalators, Jesse W. Reno. The experiment was not successful and was never used by the public. In"
"Unlike others on this extension, the station was not previously nationally listed as of special architectural interest but in August 2008 an application was made to English Heritage for a listing recommendation and in January 2010 the station was listed as Grade II. Two escalators and a central fixed stairway connect the ticket hall with the platforms. The escalators were installed in 1989 and 1991, replacing the 1932 originals. The current escalators are Otis MH-B type of 15.8 m vertical rise. The station's platform tunnels have, in common with those of Southgate, a diameter of 21 feet (6.4 metres). In"
"first for Singapore train services. It has the longest staircase in all stations with 105 steps, and the longest escalator of 17.5m in Singapore's rail network. The opening of the station was delayed from 2016 to the second quarter of 2017 to make way for the installation of the new signalling system. It entered operations on 18 June 2017. Stations between Gul Circle to Tuas Link were temporary closed between 16 and 19 November 2017 following collision incident happened between Joo Koon and Gul Circle. On 20 November 2017, train service from Gul Circle to Tuas Link was resumed; however,"
"that the transport benefits of a Park Royal station on the Central line are not sufficiently high to justify the costs of construction. Central line (London Underground) The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from , Essex, in the north-east to and in the west. Coloured red on the Tube map, the line serves 49 stations over , which makes it the longest Tube line. It is also one of only two lines on the Underground network to cross the Greater London boundary, the other being the Metropolitan line. One of London's deep-level railways,"
"Canary Wharf tube station Canary Wharf is a London Underground station in the Canary Wharf commercial estate; it is on the Jubilee line, between and . The station, located in Travelcard Zone 2 and was opened by then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone setting an escalator in motion on 17 September 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. Over 40 million people pass through the station each year, making it second busiest on the London Underground outside Central London after Stratford, and also the busiest that serves only a single line. Before the arrival of the Jubilee line, London's Docklands"
"Millennium Bridge Inclined Lift The London Millennium Funicular is a incline elevator located in the City of London next to the northern end of the Millennium Bridge. It is also known as the Millennium Inclinator, the Millennium Bridge Inclinator and the Millennium Bridge Inclined Lift. It was opened in December 2003 to allow pedestrians to surmount the steep slope (13.6°) of Peter's Hill from the riverside to the entrance to the Millennium Bridge without using the alternative flight of steps. The lower end of the funicular railway is located on Paul's Walk next to the Thames and the top end"
"Millennium Bridge Inclined Lift The London Millennium Funicular is a incline elevator located in the City of London next to the northern end of the Millennium Bridge. It is also known as the Millennium Inclinator, the Millennium Bridge Inclinator and the Millennium Bridge Inclined Lift. It was opened in December 2003 to allow pedestrians to surmount the steep slope (13.6°) of Peter's Hill from the riverside to the entrance to the Millennium Bridge without using the alternative flight of steps. The lower end of the funicular railway is located on Paul's Walk next to the Thames and the top end"
"the third episode of BBC Two documentary series ""The Tube"", which first aired on 5 March 2012. The westbound Central line platform is located above the eastbound platform because when the CLR was built it did not want to tunnel under buildings, and the street above was not wide enough for the two platforms to be side-by-side. Notting Hill Gate tube station Notting Hill Gate is a London Underground station in Notting Hill, London, located on the street called Notting Hill Gate. On the Central line, it is between Holland Park to the west and Queensway to the east. On"
"Days Later"". In April 2016, ""Star Wars"" fans using Twitter commented that the station had apparently been used in a scene of the trailer for the film ""Rogue One"". Canary Wharf tube station Canary Wharf is a London Underground station in the Canary Wharf commercial estate; it is on the Jubilee line, between and . The station, located in Travelcard Zone 2 and was opened by then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone setting an escalator in motion on 17 September 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. Over 40 million people pass through the station each year, making it second"
"that any potential flashes from smart phones do not distract tube drivers looking at signals en route. The UK government has requested that the station be renamed as a tribute to Grenfell Tower, a process that will need to be explored by Transport for London. London Bus routes 295 and 316 serve the station. The station appears in the film ""Adulthood"" (2008). Latimer Road tube station Latimer Road is a London Underground station in North Kensington, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines between Wood Lane and Ladbroke Grove"
"Central line (London Underground) The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from , Essex, in the north-east to and in the west. Coloured red on the Tube map, the line serves 49 stations over , which makes it the longest Tube line. It is also one of only two lines on the Underground network to cross the Greater London boundary, the other being the Metropolitan line. One of London's deep-level railways, Central line trains are smaller than those on British main lines. The line was opened as the Central London Railway in 1900, crossing"
"escalators refurbished, a station enhancement and two Step Free Access lifts from the ticket hall (located near the bottom of the escalators from street level) to the platforms. Step Free Access to street level will continue to be served by the two airport lifts from the Coach station. Eight London Buses routes serve the station: 105, 111, 140, 285, A10, U3 and X26, and night route N9. Nine Non London Buses routes also serve the station: 75, 76, 441, 555, 740, A30, A40, and Green Line Coaches express route 724. Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station Heathrow Terminals 2"
"wooden escalator until 2003, one of the last Tube stations to do so. The station has been extensively refurbished since 2006, including the replacement of the original platform wall tiling, which had become badly damaged. The station is served by London Buses routes 66, 101, 145, 308, W12, W13 and W14, and also by night routes N8 and N55. Wanstead tube station Wanstead is a London Underground station in Wanstead in London, England, on the Hainault loop of the Central line. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. Construction of the station had started in the 1930s, but was delayed by"
"Square) station in Vinohrady is the longest escalator in the European Union (length 87 m, vertical span 43.5 m, 533 steps, taking 2 minutes and 15 seconds to ascend). Náměstí Míru is also the deepest station of the European Union (53 metres). Between I. P. Pavlova and Vyšehrad stations, Line C runs inside the box structure of the large Nusle Bridge over a steep valley. The terminal station Depo Hostivař was constructed within the buildings of an existing railway depot. The extension is the first segment of the system to be built above ground and not through a tunnel. This"
"Chesham tube station Chesham is a London Underground station in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. It is served by the Metropolitan line and is the terminus and only station on the Chesham branch, which runs from Chalfont & Latimer. The station is in London fare Zone 9 (previously zone D). The station was opened on 8 July 1889 by the Metropolitan Railway (MR). It is a Grade II listed building. The distance between Chesham and Chalfont & Latimer is the longest between adjacent stations on the whole London Underground network at , and Chesham station is north-west of Charing Cross, making it the"
"Tower Hill tube station Tower Hill is a London Underground station in Tower Hill, East End of London. It is on the Circle line between Monument and Aldgate stations, and on the District line between Monument and Aldgate East. Tower Hill is a short distance from Tower Gateway station for the Docklands Light Railway and National Rail at Fenchurch Street station for regional services in neighbouring Tower ward of the City of London, and Tower Millennium Pier for River Services. The entrance to Tower Hill station is a few metres from one of the largest remaining segments of the Roman"
"the extension, capacity issues started becoming apparent and upgrades were required. The first step was the lengthening of the trains from 6 to 7 cars. This was done at the end of 2005. The second step was to replace the conventional Jubilee line signalling with the Thales S40 moving-block system. This was eventually introduced into service during 2011 after many delays and teething problems and allows a more intensive timetable to operate with 30 trains per hour running in the peaks. In a 2013 poll conducted by YouGov, it was voted as the ""Most Loved"" tube station in London and"
"furthest London Underground station from central London. It is both the northernmost and westernmost London Underground Station. On 16 and 17 August 2014 the branch line celebrated its 125th anniversary of operating. It was celebrated using London Underground's first steam locomotive, Metropolitan 1. It ran from to Chesham (with the first and last service of each day starting or ending at to allow stabling of the set at Ruislip), meaning that the line from Chalfont and Latimer to Chesham had to be closed for a period of time to allow for the special service. The station was opened on 8"
"conditions, no escalators were provided when Highgate station on the Northern line extension opened in 1941, these were finally installed in 1957. On 18 November 1987 the King's Cross fire at King's Cross St. Pancras tube station killed 31 people. The subsequent public inquiry determined that the fire had started due to a lit match being dropped onto the escalator and suddenly increased in intensity due to a previously unknown trench effect. This was followed by the Fire Precautions (Sub-Surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 and by January 1990, all wooden panelling on escalators in underground stations had been replaced. Treads"
"allow trains from the two branches of the line to wait in the station before the two lines merge beyond the station. Västra skogen metro station Västra skogen () is a station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm metro, in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975. It features one of the longest escalators in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters. This part of Huvudsta was earlier called ""Ingentingskogen"" (""The Nothing Forest"") after a small farm called ""Ingenting""; the name Ingenting (""Nothing"") was suggested as a name for the"
"out together. Exit A directs passengers to the Singapore Art Museum, Exit B and C directs to the SMU underpass, and connects to National Museum of Singapore and Fort Canning Park. Exit D and E directs to Waterloo Street as well. The station is 35 metres below ground and its island platform is located at basement 5. It was the deepest station from its opening until 22 December 2013 when the Downtown Line at Promenade MRT station was completed. It is also the station with the longest escalator, at 41 metres which stretches from the ticket concourse to the transfer"
"At the extreme west (railroad south) end of the platform, a bank of two escalators and one staircase (which were once the longest in the world), a single escalator, and one ADA-accessible elevator go up to the full-time mezzanine with a token booth, where a turnstile bank provide entrance/exit from the station. One glass-enclosed staircase goes up to the entrance plaza of 132 East 53rd Street at the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue. A larger staircase goes up to a sunken shopping plaza of the Citigroup Center at the northeast corner of the aforementioned intersection. In 1976, with funding from"
"injuring five people. On 16 July 2018 the station was re-named ""Gareth Southgate"" for two days in recognition of the efforts of the England football manager Gareth Southgate in leading the England team to fourth place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. However, controversy soon followed after a video was posted to social media of a woman illegally tearing the sign down while laughing, prompting TfL to make a statement saying that she was not a member of the Tube Staff, nor had the authority to remove the sign. The station is built in the Art Deco/Streamline Moderne design style"
"Kalkaji Mandir since 25 December 2017 and rest of the section between Janakpuri West and Kalkaji Mandir was made operational on 29 May 2018. The Hauz Khas station on this line and the current Yellow Line is the deepest Metro station at a depth of 32 metres, surpassing the record set by Chawri Bazaar station on the Yellow Line, at a depth of 22 metres. Janakpuri West metro station on the line contains India's tallest escalator with vertical height of 15.6 metres. The Magenta Line has interchanges with the Yellow Line at Hauz Khas, Blue Line at Janakpuri West &"
"Västra skogen metro station Västra skogen () is a station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm metro, in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975. It features one of the longest escalators in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters. This part of Huvudsta was earlier called ""Ingentingskogen"" (""The Nothing Forest"") after a small farm called ""Ingenting""; the name Ingenting (""Nothing"") was suggested as a name for the new station, but rejected. The station has three platforms, one for trains towards Hjulsta and Akalla, and two platforms towards Kungsträdgården, to"
"extra-wide southbound platform, surfaced over the original 'Island' platform which had accessed both North and Southbound trains from a central landing, and features the longest escalators on the Underground network. and the fourth-longest escalators in Western Europe. It is a candidate station on the proposed Crossrail 2 line from north Surrey and south-west London to south-east Hertfordshire. On Islington High Street, the station provides access to several nearby Off West End or Fringe theatre venues including the Old Red Lion Theatre, Sadler's Wells Theatre, the King's Head Theatre and the Almeida Theatre. It is the nearest station to City University's"