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« on: October 04, 2023, 07:18:54 »
The first escalator on the London Underground (and on public transport?) was switched on this day (4th October) in 1911, though they had been in use in Harrods and perhaps other places for many years

https://ask.funtrivia.com/askft/Question16506.html

Are escalators the only form of public transport that people have to join without it stopping for them?
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« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2023, 10:29:47 »
 Travelators?  Ski lifts?
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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2023, 10:41:43 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on October 04, 2023, 10:29:47
Travelators?  Ski lifts?

Ski lifts - yes, agreed.  I guess I think of a travelator as a flat escalator ...
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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2023, 14:48:07 »
Paternoster lifts
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2023, 16:55:39 »
However the Spiral escalator switched on in 1906 did not work  https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/blog/spiral-escalator-engineering-wonder-ahead-its-time
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2023, 17:56:34 »
Quote from: grahame on October 04, 2023, 07:18:54

Are escalators the only form of public transport that people have to join without it stopping for them?

If you watch James Bond films, trains seem to be as well.  Grin
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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2023, 23:10:15 »
Quote from: froome on October 04, 2023, 17:56:34
Quote from: grahame on October 04, 2023, 07:18:54

Are escalators the only form of public transport that people have to join without it stopping for them?

If you watch James Bond films, trains seem to be as well.  Grin

Or the top of a double decker if you remember Marty Feldman commuting in "A Day in the Life of a Stuntman".
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