> On the underground you’re meant to stand on the right of escalators to leave room for those walking up on the left.
Don’t they drive on the left in the UK? The “slow” lane should be on that end.
Don’t they drive on the left in the UK? The “slow” lane should be on that end.
“It all dates back to when the first successful escalator (there was a failed attempt to build a spiral escalator beforehand) was introduced on the tube in 1911 at Earl's Court Station. Alighting an escalator was different back then to nowadays. There was a diagonal partition — beneath which the stairs disappeared — that shunted passengers disembarking to the left. So it was decided that those walking up the escalator should stand on the left, otherwise they'd have to cut through a line of those standing. And that would've been mayhem.”
https://londonist.com/london/transport/why-don-t-we-stand-on...