| Taken from News@Infraco.JNP June 2002 |
| News in brief |
| Access floor |
| A new type of flooring could soon make
ticket offices more safe and comfortable to work in. |
| The floors in ticket
offices are raised to allow the extensive cabling required for
computerised ticketing. But the current floors are proving to be
expensive to maintain. |
| Water and chemicals
seep through during cleaning and the result is an uneven, sometimes
unstable, surface, with poor finish. |
| On the jubilee Line
alone, 197 flooring faults were reported in a test period of three
months, and each panel costs £90 to replace. |
| Now Premises Manager
Sreema Pererra thinks he has the answer. A new type of floor is being
tested at Dollis Hill. The new floors sit on concrete pedestals and are
much tougher. |
| "The old floors have
been in use for over 20 years and they are now causing problems: one
booking clerk actually went through a floor while he was working"
reports Sreema. |
| "We are testing the
new concrete floor and so far indications are good. They should be much
cheaper to maintain. The important thing is that a suction cup, rather
than a screwdriver, must be used when the panels are lifted so that they
stay in perfect shape." |
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