On 04.09.16 4:02, Ed Ravin wrote:   
   > From somewhere in cyberspace, jmelsna@verizon.net said:   
   >> One of those odd things that comes up in conversation. I know that more   
   >> and more subway stations have elevators to enable access for those with   
   >> mobility issues. How many stations, though, have elevators because of   
   >> the sheer *distance* from the station to the street?   
   >   
   > A few Washington Heights subway station have elevators for exactly   
   > those reasons - 168th St, & 181st St on the 1 line in particular,   
   > which are only accessible via elevator under normal circumstances   
   > (there should still be an emergency staircase somewhere).   
   >   
   > The 1 and A stations at 191st St and 190th St respectively also   
   > have elevators for that reason, although with those stations it   
   > is only for the "upper" entrance to the station (at the top of a   
   > steep hill). At both stations there is also a non-elevator entrance   
   > that can be reached at the bottom of the hill on a neighboring street   
   > through a ground-level passage.   
   >   
   Russell Square on Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line, as well as   
   Tufnell Park on the Norther Line's High Barnet Branch are the ones that   
   come to mind.   
      
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