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@@svetlanadumanjic9207 Yeah I like it too - sounds good 👍 Here are some more similar ones you might like; ruclips.net/video/C_YVS7v5ezQ/видео.htmlsi=pyKhZ-Q0aU9iMwKt

@@KLEF710 I knew of those ones, but haven’t used the arrivals travelator for years! It’s rare I enter from that gate… That bit was all done in 2001. With 4 Kone escalators (RTV-HD-999G), the travelator in departures (RSV-HD-G-AF - though identical to an A3X) and the one underneath the actual gate building in arrivals. I also know of that shut off old RT-HDLS you mention from the old bus drop off. They’ve frosted over the glass in the last couple of years on that door so it’s no longer visible… The 3/4 Kone ones were replaced in 2021, when companies were throwing out rock bottom bids to survive after the Covid period. Unfortunately, Stansted fell for the rubbish that they’d have been told about them needing renewal and replaced them with a really inferior product. The ones in that hub are a very low quality version compared to the other Jacksons used up from the train station one side, and the original Kone at the 50-59 gates runs beautifully! I always go from Gatwick (or if reasonably priced Heathrow) as they are both much better for escalators and travelators. Gatwick, for example in the much busier South Terminal arrivals hall on the right hand side keeps the older escalators (1999 RTV-HD-999G types) running perfectly. I’ve never seen either broken. That said since Otis took over maintenance a lot more breakdowns seem to happen there - particularly on TransitMaster products! 🙂

They’ve been lightly modded (with direction indicators and the lcd screens) though it was by one of the smaller ‘generic’ companies. They did a decent job though as they run like original. There’s 2 more here that are original - there’s another shop unit in the basement (unfortunately it closed so they were out of use at the time) but when I visited in 2021 they were all still original 🙂

@@KLEF710 I haven’t, sadly. Been years since I’ve been on those ones. The other satellite I’ve flown into but it had Jackson’s so I didnt bother filming. I was going to get off the train as I saw the original O&Ks in the other one, but there were staff sat outside… The other times I always seem to end up being bussed in on the side door for satellite 3.

These aren’t too bad - the LED lights were added sometime after 2021 as they had a light mod. Personally I think this sort look ok, but the very similar style that are used in places like Manchester’s House of Fraser with the disjointed look at the ends are very ugly! These ones are more rounded so they look alright 😅

@@SWTROfficial This one was at Rothwell (South of Leeds). So the Wellingborough one has some too? - I’ll try and get there sometime 👍

@ yeah Wellingborough has some too

@@SWTROfficial Nice! I’ll have a look. 🙂 I know the Kettering one has newer TravelMaster ones and Asda at Rushden has a set of 3 R3Cs so I’ll try and get that way after Christmas sometime. Last time I tried to get the ones in Rushden there was some event on across the road and the car park was full and I couldn’t even get a space 😅

On these ones, yes 🙂 They’ve been added in the last few years.

You mean the entry and no entry LED displays.

@elevatorsfromsoutheastqld Direction indicators.

@@KLEF710 I remember that one - shame they went tbh. The build quality of those old Otis escalators was solid. Their new ones there don’t feel as good…

​@EscalatorsAnywhere I've seen the new ones broken a couple of times before and the quality does seem quite underspec for the tube. I'm doubtful they'll last as long as the old ones did, which were over 80 years old when they were replaced according to TfL.

@@KLEF710 They are nice with the lighting effect. They do that in a fair few different Paris stations with lots of types of escalators. They are a rare design indeed. But it’s because these ones were built in their French Factory and they were styled more like the CNIM escalators of the period which also had the same base design with rising handrail ends. Even their travelators did - I found an abandoned 2003 one with a rubber belt like that. The original escalators at the Gare St Lazare/Haussmann / Magenta and Gare Du Nord RER stations on that line were CNIM but looked like these ones (but with CNIM branding, running gear and comb plates). They were replaced in 2020 with the Otis ones I filmed.

@EscalatorsAnywhere Interesting. I actually prefer this design to the ones built in the UK and Germany factories. It resembles the RTV-TE more which gives it more of a family feel. Looking on Google street view there seems to be a few of these in Gare Du Nord as well, as well as some ThyssenKrupp Tugela escalators and a few rare O&K Kone-branded RT-HDLS escalators there too. I don't know whether or not the O&K Kone ones are still there as the street view is from 2016.

@ I really like the normal design too though - I think it’s very smart. Maybe this should’ve been the 99G (as seen here) and the 999G took the more usual appearance. That way to have the option would be nice. 👍 Sadly, they’re all gone. Gare du Nord is the busiest one there and everything was replaced just before the Olympics. I did however film some 1993 O&K Kone branded RT-HDLS’s at Marne La Valley Chessey (Disneyland) station.

@@attipekkajames I filmed every one in the main Stockmann building (except one broken one) - I think. Will upload the other set in a week. 🙂

@@KLEF710 On the face of it they look more heavy duty, but according to the serial plates they’re just 9300AEs - it surprised me. I think they can be in a slightly different spec (with the flat handrail inlets and metal under the rail) rather than the usual. They were nice enough anyway. These are in a busy store though, yes! Though this men’s store isn’t as busy as the ladies one next to it… There’s another set coming in the Children’s and Home store too 🙂

Kone have replaced the nameplates on these escalators with their own custom plates, though the diamond shape around it still gives it away as being O&K. The name plates often deteriorate over time so need replacing.

@@huwclements3862 Ok, will do now 🙂

Thank you

@@thomaswhite4344 I’ll return sometime as I visit family in the area. So does Hatchers have an escalator and which brand? And yeah I’ll try getting the others when I go back, though I can’t promise it’ll be anytime soon. 🙂

@@KLEF710 A lot of the different types of O&K (even to the Kone E3C days) and Thyssen escalators of the same eras do have quite a lot of visual similarities (the exception being the commercial RTVs which were completely different to anything before and much nicer looking). They were probably focusing closely on what the other was doing, as both were ahead of the others in design at the time… Also good news, soon I’ve got 4 more RT-HDLS’s on the way.

@@KLEF710 The lakeside one was pretty much identical. That and HOF had RTKs whereas the main mall were RTK-B, with RTK-KBS in Debenhams. Then M&S and Next had Thyssen Niagaras originally 🙂 Personally I’m not a fan of the TravelMaster110. I think it’s not nice looking and a noticeable step down from what came before. I also don’t like the other manufacturers’ current commercial escalators too. Anything made after 2010ish doesn’t really interest me. 🙂

@@KLEF710 Here’s a couple of videos I’d recommend for you as you like the RTKs. Idk if you’ve seen them already… ruclips.net/video/Of3abuBgy_Q/видео.htmlsi=fBIPP83GT7Qyxk4F And ruclips.net/video/1ZIi9d_EQq0/видео.htmlsi=zXTCXpv4BAIsiL3_

Yeah to be honest they’re at the end of their working lives. It’s a very busy station, with exposure to the cold as it’s not fully enclosed and for most of their lives they’d been left running most of the time - the ones the other end get left on all night. Unfortunately when anything is modernised even lightly the reliability drops, so replacing can be better if a good product is chosen… When I was in Rotterdam recently I went on all of the newer (2013/14) Kone TM140 escalators. They were much better than I thought they would be. If they installed a set of those, it would be a good choice. 🙂

​@@EscalatorsAnywhere Kone TransitMaster 140s (or maybe even 120s) would be good here. I don't know much about what's going on there though, or even if they're actually being replaced. I haven't seen any signs of major lift and escalator companies doing works here yet. The escalator in the gates 90 to 93 building recently had a modernisation, though the works were less extensive than the works being done on this set, and only seemed to involve mechanical and running gear upgrades and step replacement.

@@idl3k_elev To be honest I’m not 100% sure but I don’t think so. I believe M&S dealt with Thyssen directly as they’re a major retailer and had a large number of orders over a long time (none of theirs had the typical ‘Thyssen-Marryat Scott’ branding on back in the day) even though they were the same types that other places were getting distributed via Marryat Scott. I’ll try and find a couple more of these to upload soon… 🙂

@@lzh4950 The more modern day ones (from 1994 to fairly recently) according to their website back in the day were called the 506 NCE. I believe that was to signify the change from these ones. They now appear to be being called the Otis Link these days on the most recent serial plates. 🙂

@EscalatorsAnywhere In my part of the country there's also the similar-looking XO-508 (maybe it's the China-made version)

From what I've heard, 506 SL is the lightweight version of 506 and the "SL" code means "Slimlime", probably reflecting its lightweight nature. And yes, the current modern day OTIS escalators for most markets are now called LINK. The China made LINK type is a successor of OTIS XO-508 (a product of Xizi Otis and later OTIS Electric).

I actually didn’t realise until you said, but looking at news articles it closed yesterday. I was lucky to get here then - was a while ago… I have plans to visit a couple more places this week, and one of those has (well years ago it did) 2 more like this but with one side glass and the other like these, from 1974. If still there, I’ll do my best to film. 🙂

@@250piccadilly9 Hi, did you see the video I already posted of the ones in the selfridges store? (There’s a link in this video’s description). While it wasn’t quite closing time, it was about 30 mins before and I went round all 8x escalators twice to get a good look and some fairly clear shots. Hope you enjoy 🙂

@EscalatorsAnywhere oh I've seen those thanks 😊

@@KLEF710 It’s odd that they actually produced the RTK-B style in 1995 still, perhaps as the mall was an existing customer. The RTK’s themselves first came along in 1983 in the known form but there was a crossover period between them and the RT-LS where some RT-LSs were branded as RTKs. Here are some more RTKLB types; ruclips.net/video/acBul1pyBvE/видео.htmlsi=6sF-OxCEFpeRDYaw It’s strange because in some malls, they have ones that looked identical but were listed as RTK-B still. The LB will be for the longer balustrades (like how on the RTVs you can have a RTV-TL or GL). 🙂

@@KLEF710 They do run well still, it’s such a shame the others were taken out years ago. I’ve filmed those TransitMaster escalators before but probably haven’t uploaded yet - I’ll check soon. 👍