http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Waverley Steps escalator breaks down after a day" en Thu, 21 May 2026 17:06:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59383 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:44:42 +0000 crowriver 59383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Suppose it depends what 'IT system' means. Could be integrated chipsets running some custom software which has gremlins, or might be a weight limit cut-out malfunction caused by massively obese folk clogging up the escaliers?</p> <p>Who knows? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59382 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:44:29 +0000 chdot 59382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Escalators in foreign parts have been doing that for years"</p> <p>Yeah but they run <strike>on</strike> like clockwork. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59379 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:41:34 +0000 Stepdoh 59379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Buh-duh-boom-tish.</p> <p>Do you really need an IT system to do that, shurely jusht an infra-red switch and a timer. (Not that I'm speaking with any authority whatsoever, and I know i've just effectively described an IT system.) Escalators in foreign parts have been doing that for years. Bits of the Berlin U-Bahn for instance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59378 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:40:07 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 59378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He stair-ted it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59376 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:35:31 +0000 amir 59376@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oi. This is a slippery slope. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59375 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:33:07 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 59375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The people trying to sort it every time must be getting depressed at the whole thing. They could do with a lift. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59374 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:31:57 +0000 chdot 59374@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I'm still vaguely mystified as to why as to why escalators need an IT system."</p> <p>It's escalation... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59373 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:31:42 +0000 crowriver 59373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I'm still vaguely mystified as to why as to why escalators need an IT system.</em></p> <p>If the moving stairs are switched on all the time (like they used to be in tube stations) then I suppose they don't need an IT system.</p> <p>If however they want to save electrickery by having the moving stairs only operate when someone steps onto them (using sensors) then maybe they do need an IT system. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59370 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:26:40 +0000 DaveC 59370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stepdoh said "I'm still vaguely mystified as to why as to why escalators need an IT system."</p> <p>This is a requirement by the Escalators HR Department.</p> <p>;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59369 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:22:29 +0000 Stepdoh 59369@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm still vaguely mystified as to why as to why escalators need an IT system. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59367 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:17:48 +0000 chdot 59367@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"@chdot: methinks wrong link?"</p> <p>Nah that's what happens with "9am News" link takes name of top story. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59365 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:17:02 +0000 steveo 59365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did they buy the cheapest option... will they never learn... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59362 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:10:23 +0000 crowriver 59362@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot: methinks wrong link? Assault on a takeaway driver no doubt serious, but fail to see the escalators in that story...</p> <p>Perhaps this one?</p> <p>'Waverley escalators flawed<br /> NETWORK Rail has admitted the IT system that runs one of the key facets of the multi-million pound overhaul of Waverley Station is so ridden with faults it is being replaced entirely.'</p> <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/waverley-escalators-flawed.16934907" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/waverley-escalators-flawed.16934907</a></p> <p>P.S.:- only the IT system is being replaced. Which may include those motion sensor thingies they have on escalators these days to switch on the motors? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59351 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:21:39 +0000 Min 59351@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"You get off half way down and change onto a tram-replacement bus to complete the journey to platform level."</em></p> <p>Bwahahahaha! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59346 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:14:57 +0000 kaputnik 59346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Perhaps they should just install a tram at the Steps instead</em></p> <p>You get off half way down and change onto a tram-replacement bus to complete the journey to platform level.</p> <p>I don't know what's so difficult. London Underground has some far more impressive escalators that seem to have been working since they invented ones with steps. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59339 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:58:06 +0000 chdot 59339@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Mike Wade ‏ @mikewadejourno </p> <p>Passengers crossing this magnificent bridge will soon encounter Waverley steps </p> <p><a href="http://yfrog.com/mo1skfwj" rel="nofollow">http://yfrog.com/mo1skfwj</a></p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/#" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/#</a>!/mikewadejourno/status/175938833391685633 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59332 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:44:10 +0000 chdot 59332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Perhaps they should just install a tram at the Steps instead'</p> <p>Joking aside....</p> <p>There should have been a tram stop AT Waverley Stepscalator. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59329 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:40:57 +0000 Min 59329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Bit ambiguous!"</em></p> <p>The Evening News? Never!</p> <p>We'll just have to wait and see I guess. Perhaps they should just install a tram at the Steps instead?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59327 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:38:03 +0000 kaputnik 59327@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>what recombodna said </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59326 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:36:03 +0000 chdot 59326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Is the whole lot going to have to be closed down again"</p> <p>"software glitch in the new IT system ... will have to be replaced entirely"</p> <p>Bit ambiguous!</p> <p>Kinda implies that there is another system with different software <em>and</em> mechanical bits that operate steps, but,,,, I don't know! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59325 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:32:02 +0000 Min 59325@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear lord, you are joking. :-( Is the whole lot going to have to be closed down again? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-59320 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:25:13 +0000 chdot 59320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> • NETWORK Rail has admitted a software glitch in the new IT system that runs the escalators at Waverley station, meaning it will have to be replaced entirely.</p> <p>Despite repeated repairs, the system is so ridden with faults that the six escalators built as part of a £7 million overhaul of the station entrance keep breaking down.</p> <p>The first fault occurred within 24 hours of the opening.</p> <p>Since the escalators first came into use on January 30, one or more of them has been out of order on most days.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/9am-briefing-call-for-witnesses-after-attack-on-delivery-driver-1-2153690" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/9am-briefing-call-for-witnesses-after-attack-on-delivery-driver-1-2153690</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-55244 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:43:57 +0000 recombodna 55244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-55239 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:15:26 +0000 Cyclingmollie 55239@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I walked down ther to the station on Monday and it's a lot better looking - and covered now so <a href="http://creativeroots.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Edinburgh-Scotsman-illustration2.jpg">shouldn't be as windy</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5181#post-55225 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:25:22 +0000 chdot 55225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure it's just a teething problem.</p> <p>Shame after all these years of waiting!</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/waverley_steps_escalator_breaks_down_after_a_day_1_2089548" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/transport/waverley_steps_escalator_breaks_down_after_a_day_1_2089548</a> </p>