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*** Local Caption *** The Central - MidLevel Escalator and Walkway System is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. Since it started, this has been a convenient, direct, and free connection between Conduit Roads in the MidLevel and Connaught Road in Central, plus every point in between. The entire system, which stretches 800 meters long and up a vertical climb of 135 meters, consist of 20 escalators and three moving walkways. The MidLevel residents use this system to reach Central every day for work, and that is the reason why the first escalator runs daily are for downhill only. At 10:20 AM, the runs begin upward and continue until midnight. The system has not only reduced travelling time between Central and the MidLevel, it has also eased traffic congestion and helped generating cleaner air in the vicinity. There are 29 points to enter from and exit to many interesting neighborhoods and there are plenty of restaurants, bars, and shops lining up alongside the escalators.
