moving walkway en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US) A 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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| moving walkways | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
travelator · movator · speedwalk · moving pavement · walkalator · moving sidewalk
Translations (20)
ko 자동길 (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · fi liukukäytävä (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · pl ruchomy chodnik (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · ko 무빙워크 (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · es acera móvil (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · es camino rodante (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · es pasarela mecánica (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · it nastro trasportatore (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · fr tapis roulant (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · cmn 電動步道 /电动步道 (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · es pasillo rodante (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · ja 動く歩道 (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · es cinta transportadora (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · de Laufband (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · de Fahrsteig (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · da rullende fortov (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · ja ムービングウォーク (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · es acera mecánica (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · es cinta desplazadora (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally) · de Rollsteig (slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally)