Uncle Joe

"C. Dewick" <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
news:g0qoij$dgi$1@yoda.apana.org.au...
> "Uncle Joe" <bend@over.com> writes:
>
>>> Yes. Town Hall fits three platforms in the same physical space as
>>> Wynyard
>>> fits two. As such they are very narrow. Adding to the danger is the
>>> escalators at Town Hall disgorging passengers onto already dangerously
>>> crowded platforms - not an issue at Wynyard.
>
>>Make them use stairs or the lift.
>
> In an emergency the stairs are the only emergency exits and they do not
> lead
> direct from all platforms to the concourse and out or into special
> emergency
> exit tunnels/chambers (there are none because of the limitations when the
> station was originally built). Also, lifts can't be used for emergency
> evacuations not because they're too slow or don't carry enough people but
> because there's no guarantee their power won't be interupted.
>
> Emergency lighting is easy to provide but if elevators were set up for
> emergency use there would have to be huge backup generators to provide
> power
> for them.
>
> Craig.
>

No one said anything about an emergency, what I was getting at was instead
of people coming down the escalators on to an already full platform , they
can use stairs or the lift like they do on NYE at the Quay.