When Does An Existing Passenger Lift Need Replacing?
Whilst passenger lifts will require regular maintenance and occasional refurbishment, the need for a complete replacement is less common than one might expect.
London Underground Faces Passenger Lift Closure Challenge
Passenger lift closures on the London Underground have almost doubled in the last year, posing a major maintenance and public service challenge for TfL.
Why Is It Difficult To Get A Mobile Phone Signal In A Lift?
Passenger lifts are exceptionally robust, strong, comfortable, convenient and safe, but one consequence of their design is that it can be hard to make calls.
New Data Published On Station Lifts Across Rail Network
Platform lift provision is important at rail and Metro stations, especially in London with its Underground. New Data has shown how much this has improved.
The London Stations Lagging Behind On Passenger Lifts
The growing number of stations in London with passenger lift facilities for the less mobile has focused attention more on stations sorely lacking them.
What Can Someone Do If They Are Stuck In A Passenger Lift?
A passenger lift is a remarkably reliable and hard-wearing piece of equipment, often making thousands upon thousands of journeys without showing any of the strain of this effort. Ever since Elisha Otis asked his assistant to cut the rope keeping his safety lift in the air at New York’s Crystal Palace, lifts have been made […]
How Did The Passenger Lift Change How Buildings Were Made?
When passenger lifts were made, they fundamentally changed the ways in which buildings, cities and communities were built, in more ways than the most obvious. Whilst obviously, a lift shaft makes a taller building more accessible and therefore is as much of an enabling factor for the creation of the skyscraper as reinforced concrete, wrought […]
What Was The First Office Building With A Passenger Lift?
It is difficult to truly encapsulate the extent to which the passenger lift fundamentally changed the shape of the modern world, and as lifts get larger, faster and capable of travelling even greater vertical distances, the types of buildings that can be made will evolve alongside it. After Elisha Otis’ demonstration of the safety elevator, […]
TfL Makes More Progress Towards A Step-Free Underground
The importance of step-free access to the public transport system is widely recognised in this day and age. It is why, for instance, all 41 stations on the Crossrail Elizabeth line have it. But while a new railway, underground, or tram system can be built with this included, retrofitting can be a challenge. Nonetheless, it […]
Why Was A Famous Bossa Nova Song Linked To Passenger Lifts?
The ride in a passenger lift is fast, comfortable and smooth, as long as it is manufactured to exacting standards and installed by experts. It is perhaps not entirely surprising that lifts would therefore be linked to a particularly smooth easy-listening Bossa Nova song. Still, the story of how The Girl from Ipanema became a […]