Moving on up The world’s first train station escalator (or moving staircase, as it was known) was installed at Seaforth Sands railway station in 1901. It was dismantled five years later after complaints from women whose dresses often became stuck in its workings.

Moving on up

The world’s first train station escalator (or moving staircase, as it was known) was installed at Seaforth Sands railway station in 1901. It was dismantled five years later after complaints from women whose dresses often became stuck in its workings.

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