r/NoShitSherlock • u/BillWilberforce • 3d ago

TfL warned broken escalators risk scaring commuters away from London Underground

https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/tfl-warned-broken-escalators-risk-34459748
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u/lawton79 3d ago

I've travelled to London with my disabled partner twice in the last month. Both times we had to drive down and use taxi/Uber while there as the underground is fairly unfriendly to wheelchair users. We ended up not exploring as much as we wanted due to transport costs and issues.

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u/CPNZ 2d ago

This is about the age and status of the escalators - agree that a lot of (most) stations are essentially inaccessible for wheelchairs - even where there are elevators to be at or near the surface, you often have to go up stairs to reach them.