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How long is Hong Kong's Central–Mid-Levels escalator system, the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world, in metres?

800
metres
Hong Kong commutes by escalator: the Central–Mid-Levels system runs 800 metres up the hillside, carrying tens of thousands of people a day.SOURCEHong Kong Transport Department / Guinness World Records
Scale check: 800 is roughly a packed double-decker bus.
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