Today I rode the longest and tallest escalator in the Western Hemisphere. Wheaton Station on the DC Metro Red Line.
by FadedSirens
Today I rode the longest and tallest escalator in the Western Hemisphere. Wheaton Station on the DC Metro Red Line.
by FadedSirens
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And it was all down hill from there
FUCK I could have taken this I just was there for two months :/
That’s a no for me.
17th longest in the world in case anyone was wondering.
I, a person with vertigo and a fear of heights, took this while in DC.
Yes, I simply clung to the hand rail lol
Can confirm.
Thought this was another tornado picture at first glance.
Great metro. Wish my area could support one.
I was also there today.
The Rosslyn one isn’t as long but is a bigger tunnel. I think it’s worse
That contraption is ready to omnomnomnomnom some mother with a stroller
I remember when this opened. As a Wheaton resident, my uncle was very proud of it. I remember him bragging that their first ride almost made my cousin puke.
Went down there a few times took me a few days
Staring down that is still not as bad as being at the top of Kyoto’s train station. That place is insane.
There is one in Grand Central Station in NYC that goes down to the 7 line, it is very long as well; and the tile lines are set at the same angle as the esclator so it feels very strange in the middle as if you are leaning forward or backwards at a 45 degree angle. It gets me feeling weird every time and I have to just hold on to the rail and look down!
i have a mild fear of escalators and this gives me the heebie geebies
There’s a feather in your cap!
How much longer is it than the Bethesda one? I used to walk those stairs daily.
Fun fact the World’s Longest Freestanding Escalator is inside the CNN Center in Atlanta, GA, USA. 196 feet long, eight stories high.
I love that my architecture nerd friends who drilled this fact into me many years ago.
Imagine *that* one breaking. Videos of escalators failing are already scary but this would be crazy.
The deepest was once Dupont Circle, wasn’t it?
You haven’t been to Dallas International Airport
I thought DuPont Circle was deepest?
I’ve been on that. It is too long.