moving walkway

plural moving walkways

1. USA slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

   The slope [at Bank station, Waterloo & City] was always resented, especially on Monday morning, and it was supplemented by the installation of the Underground's first Trav-o-lator - or moving walkway - in 1960.

   2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 110–111

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   Interim London Transport Commissioner Andy Lord and Transport for London Chief Capital Officer Stuart Harvey opened two new 100-metre moving walkways and three new escalators connectting the Northern and Central lines at Bank station on October 28.

   2022 November 16, “Network News: Bank's moving walkways open”, in RAIL, number 970, page 12

   Synonyms: travelator, moving sidewalk, movator, speedwalk, moving pavement, walkalator