Keeping tabs on escalator steps

摘要

Tube Lines must ensure that every escalator step on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines is fully traceable for age, design and manufacture. Asset Engineer Robin Gooden identified that using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags could offer a solution. The tags are metal mount tags which can be used on any metal surface and in any audit area within a station or on equipment. Cost savings of £400,000 have been recorded in the first year alone.