Comments on: Escalator of fail at Southern Cross Station https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-527165 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:34:18 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-527165 In reply to Anindra.

Cheers! From their website:
https://www.schindler.com/com/internet/en/mobility-solutions/products/escalators.html

The world’s most popular escalator is the Schindler 9300. It is ideal for light transport in commercial and public buildings. For more demanding applications, we offer the heavy-duty Schindler 9700. It is used in subways to lift masses of people up to 50 meters in personal comfort.

Popular means nothing if it isn’t up to the load!

]]> By: Anindra https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-527162 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 06:49:36 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-527162 The Escalators are Shopping Mall-grade Schindler 9300

]]> By: Southern Cross Station - what could have been - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-519812 Mon, 20 May 2019 21:32:10 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-519812 […] all of the recent talk about Southern Cross Station’s failings – in particular failed escalators and gross overcrowding in peak times – what better time than now to look at what could have […]

]]> By: Things my son noticed on public transport - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-466368 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:32:06 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-466368 […] Perhaps he’s ready to join the family business of tracking how many times they’ve broken down? […]

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-446774 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:43:47 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-446774 In reply to Jordan.

“Escalator steps are not the correct height for normal walking, and should not be used in that manner. The risk of falling and tripping is increased”

https://medium.com/@shortformernie/why-escalators-arent-just-stairs-that-move-c1d89958bdb4

In addition, walking on a stopped escalators throws off your sense of balance:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/why-broken-escalators-throw-off-our-balance/281731/

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-446773 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:41:37 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-446773 In reply to Beren.

Routine servicing of lifts at the City Loop stations only takes a few hours:

http://www.metrotrains.com.au/planned-work/lift-maintenance-parliament-flagstaff-30-31-jan/

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-446772 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:39:51 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-446772 In reply to Natural_Justice.

So that’s why the pianos have popped up all of a sudden.

https://streetpianos.com/melbourne2018/

]]> By: Jordan https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-446648 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 04:58:45 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-446648 Why don’t they just leave the escalator idle when it’s broken instead of blocking it off. other stations around Melbourne do this.

]]> By: DT https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-446642 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:48:16 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-446642 In reply to Beren.

Sounds true in theory, but when one breaksdown they prioritise arriving passengers leaving the platform and ask embarking passengers to take the elevators instead.

]]> By: Craig https://wongm.com/2018/02/failed-escalator-southern-cross-station/#comment-446639 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:45:18 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=9461#comment-446639 In reply to Beren.

Routine servicing wouldn’t take 3 months? 3 weeks should be enough.

Seems more a case of avoiding maintenance and waiting for failures instead

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