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on the escalator vs in the escalator

The correct phrase is 'on the escalator.' 'In the escalator' is incorrect as it implies being inside the escalator itself, which is not the intended meaning.
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Last updated: April 02, 2025 • 4846 views

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"on the escalator"

Use 'on the escalator' when describing someone's location while riding the moving staircase.

Examples:

  • She lost her balance while standing on the escalator.
  • Hold the handrail when you are on the escalator.
  • I saw him on the escalator going up to the next floor.
  • Please don't run on the escalator.
  • There was a long line of people on the escalator.
  • That kid is back on the escalator again.
  • You practically puke on the escalator at Bloomingdale's!
  • Please, there are so many people on the escalator.
  • It's always been more like... waving hello from afar, on the escalator...
  • That kid is back on the escalator again!
  • If you were aerolized, you would have infected everyone, not just those on the escalator.
  • The nanotech that Jones used on the escalator, I've examined them.
  • You should park the car on the escalator, and back...
  • You want to stay on the escalator.
  • Don't rely on the escalator for everything.
  • If he wants to go the wrong way on the escalator, I'm on board.
  • Don't rely on the escalator for everything.
  • "Amnesiac magazine grins, feeding from the mall, polyblend combustion burning on the escalator to nowhere."
  • If you were aerolized, you would have infected everyone, not just those on the escalator.

Alternatives:

  • riding the escalator
  • using the escalator
  • going up the escalator
  • going down the escalator
  • standing on the escalator

This phrase is not correct in English. 'In the escalator' suggests being inside the escalator itself, which is not the intended meaning.

"in the escalator"

  • There's a boy caught in the escalator!
  • No running in the Metro escalators!
  • The Commission has not been notified of any shortcomings in the harmonised standards on escalators.
  • I liked taking escalators in the wrong direction, rolling out oilcloth, and stepping on immaculate snow...
  • The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines for the infringements in the elevators and escalators sector in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
  • The present case was initiated following information provided in the summer of 2003 by an informant who approached the Commission with information concerning the existence of cartel activities among the four major manufacturers of elevators and escalators in the European Union.
  • I saw this man at the escalator.
  • Please, there are so many people on the escalator.
  • That kid is back on the escalator again.
  • This the escalator fall, Beth Ackerman?
  • She'll leave the briefcase by the escalator.
  • Fell down the escalator at Bloomingdale's.
  • You wouldn't lug a package up the escalator.
  • All the way... from the escalators to that charming little lingerie store.
  • The escalator just stopped out of nowhere.
  • You wouldn't lug a package up the escalator.
  • The escalator is infested with nanites.
  • You should park the car on the escalator, and back...
  • You wouldn't lug a package up the escalator.
  • Departures for international flights are up the escalator to your left.

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