A recent study by Central Railway has shown that 90 per cent of the escalators at railway stations in the city stop working on most days because commuters push the panic/emergency button. CR is working on a new mechanism to correct this, said officials. “The escalator stops when a commuter inadvertently or for probable fun presses the emergency panic button along the escalator railing,” CR Mumbai divisional railway manager (DRM) Rajnish Goyal said.

Stop button at the start of the escalator