A recent study by Central Railway (CR) has shown that 90 per cent of escalators at railway stations in the city stop working periodically because commuters push the panic/emergency button. CR is working on a new mechanism to correct this, according to a report in this paper.

Sometimes, commuters inadvertently or maybe even for fun, press the emergency panic button on the escalator railing. Every time an escalator stops, there is an elaborate procedure to restart it from the technical cabin below. A technician has to be called in for this purpose.