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I'm surprised they don't have the flat escalators - they'd be much better overall than using lifts.
I can imagine that there's maybe a policy against taking an entire stack of trolleys up them because if a whole stack of them does start to roll down the walkway for some reason, there's not a chance in hell one person is stopping it
I've never seen that before! But this is what I was meaning:
I knew what you were talking about. The drawback to those is they take up a lot more space since the slope needs to be gentler. As well as what you mentioned about carts sliding back down. Doesn’t even have to be many carts. Just somebody not paying attention, kids messing around, or a heavy cart that an elderly could manage on flat but can’t keep stationary on even that gradual slope.
The wheels lock in, they can't roll down the slope. We have them at a local supermarket near me, they can be full and you don't need to hold the trolley at all.
The trolleys have a wheel that magnetises to the escalator.