That continuous run is amazing! Another long escalator set worth seeing is the Starway at Universal Studios Hollywood. It is broken into separate runs so it doesn't set any records like this one... BUT... it does run 1/4 mile, takes 10 minutes top to bottom (or bottom to top), and the views of the San Fernando Valley on the way down are amazing!
Ah, Wheaton Station! I've ridden these myself and was scared half to death of them when I was like 6 years old. Elevator in the station is WAY too slow for the depth it travels
They are so slow! In old metro stations built during the Soviet era, like in Moscow, St Petersburg or Kiev, you can find even deeper stations with longer escalators, and they are very fast, so fast that you can lose balance when stepping on/off the escalator.
I think the second longest escalators in the system could be at Woodley Park, those were also pretty long, but I bet these escalators at Wheaton probably have up to a thousand steps.
Wow, you were really lucky to film these escalators before everything went downhill, just a month before the COVID pandemic, and a year before the Capitol mayhem. Also, does anyone know what brand of escalators these are?
All because the park service wouldn't let them run the metro briefly above ground through rock creek park. Utterly idiotic waste and ongoing maintenance nightmare caused by stupidity forced the metro to be buried much deeper there.
@@tkefan29 Nope. Not even close. Hong Kong has the longest escalator system (multiple spans that comprise a single ride): 800m long, 135m tall. The longest single-span escalators in the world are in three stations of the St. Petersburg, Russia metro: 138m long, 69m tall. The ones in this video (Wheaton station of DC Metro) are the longest in the Western Hemisphere: 70m long, 35m tall.
That continuous run is amazing! Another long escalator set worth seeing is the Starway at Universal Studios Hollywood. It is broken into separate runs so it doesn't set any records like this one... BUT... it does run 1/4 mile, takes 10 minutes top to bottom (or bottom to top), and the views of the San Fernando Valley on the way down are amazing!
Ironic that it’s in our nation’s capital. It moves about as quickly as our government too.
You know that's so long!!!!
Been on them many times. A top DC area landmark since 1990.
I hate those escalators in D.C. I was down them once as a kid. Never ever again. I was terrified.
This goes even taller than one of my favorite rollercoasters!
Ah, Wheaton Station! I've ridden these myself and was scared half to death of them when I was like 6 years old. Elevator in the station is WAY too slow for the depth it travels
RIP the people who died at this station
I knew it's gonna be these again!!
Oh the noise-it sounds like a creepy sci-fi movie! Hope the elevator’s right nearby!!!
Wow those escalators stretch miles, I remember having fun going up and down escalators all the time.
i would like to ride them.
They sound like they would become stairs at any moment.
Can you film more escalator video please
They are so slow! In old metro stations built during the Soviet era, like in Moscow, St Petersburg or Kiev, you can find even deeper stations with longer escalators, and they are very fast, so fast that you can lose balance when stepping on/off the escalator.
Yep been there a few times. Never stops being amazing
I love these escalators.
Man that is a looong way to go. Very cool! Nothing like that here on the west coast.
These are VERY LATE Westy!! Those are probably one of the VERY LAST Westinghouses ever Installed!!
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I think the second longest escalators in the system could be at Woodley Park, those were also pretty long, but I bet these escalators at Wheaton probably have up to a thousand steps.
Wow them are some super long escalators.
Otis escalators? They are the oldest escalator manufacturer and in my opinion still the best.
Probably not. US installed the elevators originally but idk who did the original escalators. The most recent modernization was likely by KONE.
Imagine the pain of wanting to get up when the escalators are all BROKEN
Dang.... that’s epic!
are they supposed to be so loud or are they just not well maintained?
Wow, you were really lucky to film these escalators before everything went downhill, just a month before the COVID pandemic, and a year before the Capitol mayhem. Also, does anyone know what brand of escalators these are?
That looks around at least 4 times the length of your typical shopping mall escalators.
Probably even more
Weirdest noises i wonder why? Escalators are usually quite
You’d have time to read a book riding that.
Lol
Phew, that is very tall
Interesting I wonder who made these incredibly long escalators. 🤔
WOW
I wonder how the motor is strong enough to move all of those steps
It is big.
I thought it would be much longer... in Moscow we have even longer escalators + they travel a lot faster
These Escalators are the longest.
The escalator stories how many?
16
Escalator in Heaven
Yep lol
That’s Steep as hell 😳
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It looks like it but the escalator is inclined at 30 degrees
230 feet long escalator
it was long!
All because the park service wouldn't let them run the metro briefly above ground through rock creek park. Utterly idiotic waste and ongoing maintenance nightmare caused by stupidity forced the metro to be buried much deeper there.
Longest escalator in the world
No, only the longest in the Western Hemisphere.
The Wheaton Metro station is HORRIBLY designed. Forest Glen is so much better.
The current elevator sucks. The middle one should be taken out and replaced with an included elevator
dont look behind
yep LOL
Is this in the DC Metro?
Yes
Yes, Wheaton station on DC metro.
@@tookitogo oh, okay. I didn’t know the station name but knew it was the DC Metro
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Incorrect, Hong Kong 🇭🇰 is the longest escalator in the world was 800 m / 2600 ft
Longest escalators IN THE US
He said they’re “some of the longest in the world”, not that they are the longest. They _are_ the longest in the Western Hemisphere.
I'm fairly sure there's a longer one in Japan anyway.
@@tkefan29 Nope. Not even close.
Hong Kong has the longest escalator system (multiple spans that comprise a single ride): 800m long, 135m tall.
The longest single-span escalators in the world are in three stations of the St. Petersburg, Russia metro: 138m long, 69m tall.
The ones in this video (Wheaton station of DC Metro) are the longest in the Western Hemisphere: 70m long, 35m tall.