Aberdeen's Trinity Centre to Get Escalators

0:00On April 17th, for over 40 years, train riders hitting Aberdeen have battled a brutal 32-step climb from the station into the city center, through the Trinity Center. That Steve Paul has been a pain since the spot opened back in 1984, but now plans are dropping to fix it with escalators. The proposal hits Aberdeen City Council for escalators, going bulls up and down, while keeping regular stairs on the sides. It's a six-figure sum to pull off, and they're eyeing a finish by Christmas to make Union Street way more reachable without that detour walk around. The building, locals hauling luggage, pushing buggies, or just out shopping lit up about the change, calling the steps exhausting and steep, especially on sunny. Days when everyone's sweating buckets, families and students say it turns a quick trip into a workout they didn't sign up for. A few folks, like 178-year-old regular, dig the climb a solid exercise, comparing it to scaling a Scottish hill. But even he admits, escalators give choices for those

1:01who need them, from elder struggling to teens with suitcases. Trinity Center's manager, who tackles the steps daily himself, reports reactions pouring in positive, calling it a key upgrade to boost the whole vibe and flow into the granite city.