London's escalatoriest stations an FoI request last week which revealed all. We learnt that 89 stations maintained by London Underground have escalators, and we learned how many there are at each. Here's the Top 10. 1) BANK/MONUMENT (35 escalators) Also a lot of them are recent, like these escalators which were added during the expansion works related to the new Cannon Street entrance. They're numbered 29, 30 and 31, which just goes to show how many escalators there are. The FoI request only gives a total but if you go round with a pen and paper, or if you know where to look online, you can work out where they all go. 1-3: Bank junction to Central line 4-5: District line to Northern line 6-7: Lombard Street entrance 8-9: Northern line, north end 10-11: DLR west end (1991) 12-13: DLR east end (1991) 14-15: District line to DLR (1991) 16-19: Walbrook entrance to W&C (2018) 20-22: Northern line to DLR (2022) 23-25: Central line to Northern line (2022) 26-31: Cannon Street entrance to Northern line (2023) There were only 9 escalators in the good old days of the Bank/Monument 'escalator connection', as depicted on tube maps. Then the DLR came along upping the total to 15 and the most recent expansion more than doubled that to 31. 2) WATERLOO (26 escalators) There were 14 before the Jubilee line arrived in 1999 and that added another 10. Except that's not 26, we're two short. Again the discrepancy can be bridged by adding in the two travelators, convincing me that the TfL FoI operative has indeed included them too. It just goes to show that no matter how carefully you phrase an FoI request it can always be misinterpreted, or data can simply be churned out of a spreadsheet without it being what you wanted. Alas in this case it does matter because the third-placed station has 24 escalators too. 3) LIVERPOOL STREET (24 escalators) I think the top 3 really ought to go like this... 1) BANK/MONUMENT (31 escalators) 2=) WATERLOO (24 escalators) 2=) LIVERPOOL STREET/MOORGATE (24 escalators) And on we go. 4=) Canary Wharf [Jubilee] (20 escalators) 4=) Tottenham Court Road (20 escalators) 6=) Bond Street (19 escalators) 6=) King's Cross St Pancras (19 escalators) 8=) Canary Wharf [Elizabeth] (17 escalators) 8=) Westminster (17 escalators) 8=) London Bridge (17 escalators) Canary Wharf has a double labyrinth of escalators, 20 at the Jubilee line station and 17 more for Crossrail. It would take top place with 37 escalators if these stations were linked but they're not so it doesn't. Of the seven stations in this list three stations are served by the Elizabeth line and four by the Jubilee line, because newer lines tend to have a lot more escalators than older lines. For Top 10 purposes it's a shame that so many of these are joint placings. No station has 9 escalators, but every other number from 1 to 10 is present. (OK, actually the most common number of escalators is 0 - there are almost 200 of those) wooden escalator on the Underground, but in 2014 they removed that, replaced it with an incline lift and added a new non-wooden escalator. It remains London's least escalatory station. But this escalator is no longer there. Further escalator FoI facts The least used station with escalators: Wanstead The most used station without escalators: Finsbury Park The only zone 6 station with escalators: Heathrow Terminal 2,3 The number of escalators beyond zone 3: 12

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Officially the best If you're not following Time Out's newsfeed I worry that you may not be up to date with London's official best things. I am therefore delighted to bring you this list of official bests, as churned out by Time Out's social media editors with deadlines to meet and quotas to fill. This is just April's output, so far. • Officially the nearest unspoilt village to London is Hambleden, Bucks, according to the Daily Telegraph. • Officially Bromley-by-Bow West is London's 9th most-gentrified neighbourhood, according to consultants WPI Economics. • Officially London is the second-greenest city in the world, according to AI company Freepik. • Officially London's best museum café is at the V&A, according to the Guardian. • Officially London's best Mexican restaurant is Cavita in Marylebone, according to travel journalist Daniela Toporek. • Officially the EN5 postcode district is the most expensive outside Central London, according to property broker Jefferies James. • Officially London is the best city in Europe for live music in 2025, according to travel booking site Omio. • Officially London Heathrow is the world's 6th best airport, according to Skytrax. • Officially London is the world's 6th wealthiest city, according to wealth migration firm Henley & Partners. • Officially the world’s 5th most beautiful airport landing is into London City Airport, according to travel insurance provider AllClear. • Officially London is the world's 4th most expensive city, according to wealth migration firm Henley & Partners. • Officially the cheapest five-star hotel near London is The Roseate in Reading, according to Which. • Officially London's most-pinned bar is Lyaness at the Sea Containers Hotel, according to the Pinnacle Guide. • Officially London's best rooftop bar is Forza Wine at the National Theatre, according to Time Out. • Officially Bond Street is Europe's most expensive retail destination, according to Savills. • Officially the City of London's best pubs are Goldwood, Lamb Tavern and The Wren Tavern, according to the National Pub & Bar Awards. • Officially London's least posh borough is Barking and Dagenham, according to property brokerage Jefferies James. • Officially London's best new hotels are The Emory and the Mandarin Oriental, according to Travel + Leisure. • Officially London's best station pubs are The Parcel Yard and the Pelt Trader, according to the Telegraph. • Officially the fastest place in England and Wales to sell a house right now is Waltham Forest, according to Zoopla. • Officially the world’s 10th best low-cost airline terminal is London Luton, according to Skytrax. • Officially the best private prep school near London is Cottesmore School near Crawley, according to Carfax Education. • Officially London is the world's 18th most walkable city, according to Time Out. • Officially the London airport with the worst delays is Gatwick, according to the Civil Aviation Authority. • Officially the three best London commuter towns are Roydon, Watford and Epsom, according to the Daily Telegraph. • Officially London's best fish and chip shop is Brockley’s Rock in Brockley, according to the National Fish and Chip Awards. • Officially London's journalists with the greatest inability to do their own research write for Time Out, according to Time Out.

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