SLOW Traction Elevator @ Wheaton WMATA Station - Wheaton, MD

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  • Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
  • (1-12-20) This is the second deepest station in the WMATA system, and it doesn't have high speed elevators. It has the longest escalators in the western hemisphere, but it also has one, super slow, and out of the way elevator. I find it interesting how Forest Glen has 6 high speed elevators and this has only one slow elevator.
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  • @thecman26
    @thecman26 3 года назад

    Wow, wish I would've known this was there back in the day!

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 года назад +1

      Honestly, it’s easy to miss. You gotta go all the way to the end of the platform and it’s hiding in the corner.

  • @elevatingnyc7793
    @elevatingnyc7793 2 года назад

    This is just like 34th Street - Hudson Yards station in New York City, but those were really slow. They travel only 1 floor in 2 minutes. I did it on my stopwatch. This is cool though. Hudson Yards have EXTREMELY long escalators. I never heard that floor-passing chime ever. This thing is cool.

  • @SirensAndElevators
    @SirensAndElevators 4 года назад +5

    2:03 sTrEeT lEvEl, tHaNk YoU fOr UsInG tHe MeTrOrAiL

  • @zackcacciapalle6405
    @zackcacciapalle6405 4 года назад +3

    Wow! That runs at about hydraulic elevator speed!

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  4 года назад

      It seems like it.

    • @jj3449
      @jj3449 3 года назад

      It is slow. Slow enough to have spring buffers in the pit like a hydraulic elevator.

  • @TakoElevators
    @TakoElevators Год назад

    3:17 imagine getting off the elevator and you miss the train

  • @plumbingandhanddryers
    @plumbingandhanddryers 3 года назад

    Installed in 1990

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 года назад

      Where'd you find this?

    • @plumbingandhanddryers
      @plumbingandhanddryers 3 года назад

      @@stlelevators I looked up when the station opened

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 года назад

      Cool! It could have been installed a little before the station opened as well.

  • @Ih8kone
    @Ih8kone 4 года назад +4

    ROCKET!

  • @williamscoufaras7045
    @williamscoufaras7045 4 года назад +2

    Ok somebody needs to speed this thing up! Maybe make it go 300-350 FPM or something?! This may be a good 150-175 FPM

  • @Tankalty
    @Tankalty 2 года назад

    Thats SOOOO SLOW MEN WTF just take the bigs escalators lol

  • @shsav2012
    @shsav2012 4 года назад

    Watching this b/c insomnia is acting up The only metro elevator I avoid like the plague.

  • @sarahedwards2
    @sarahedwards2 4 года назад +1

    How deep is this station?

    • @NWIndianaElevators
      @NWIndianaElevators 4 года назад +1

      ~164 feet deep

    • @sarahedwards2
      @sarahedwards2 4 года назад +1

      NW Indiana Elevators Why are SV and A1-A3 all locked?

    • @ethancampbell6076
      @ethancampbell6076 4 года назад +1

      Sarah Edwards Empolyee use only

    • @SamSitar
      @SamSitar 4 года назад +1

      @@ethancampbell6076 i wonder what those floors are used for?

    • @sarahedwards2
      @sarahedwards2 4 года назад

      Sam Sitar I was just wondering the same thing!

  • @SamSitar
    @SamSitar 4 года назад

    what a ssslllooowww elevator.

  • @davidng2336
    @davidng2336 4 года назад

    They will definitely need to upgrade it at one point. This is not acceptable for a station this deep!

  • @blueauraretriever
    @blueauraretriever 4 года назад

    Slower than the US norm for a 160 foot travel distance. 5 seconds longer delay at the top landing and I would add an extra 50-100' per minute to the top speed :)

  • @ECFE
    @ECFE 4 года назад

    It's funny - This is not on the records...

  • @ELEVrjATOR
    @ELEVrjATOR 4 года назад

    Wow that’s slow

  • @statecollegewx4060
    @statecollegewx4060 4 года назад

    Very slow

    • @sarahedwards2
      @sarahedwards2 4 года назад

      Aidan Patterson Not that slow; about 175 feet/minute

    • @sarahedwards2
      @sarahedwards2 4 года назад

      Aidan Patterson The elevators at one of the office buildings in my downtown go up 25 floors in just over a minute; it’s about a 2 minute 30 second round trip if you account for leveling and door opening and closing time.

    • @williamscoufaras7045
      @williamscoufaras7045 4 года назад

      Sarah Edwards generally speaking, it’s not that slow. But for a Station this deep, this is pretty slow

  • @ARelevators
    @ARelevators 4 года назад

    I have ridden this before