“They are a part of Sydney’s history but we have more injuries on them. If you have any problems with people [injuring themselves on escalators] it’s on these,” he said.
“We had a woman who tore her skirt straight off [after it got caught] – she came down in her panties.”
Their wide wooden treads can be a trap, especially for high heels. Guide dogs have been injured after getting their claws stuck in the combs.
Yet as the first wooden escalators in Australia, the four at Wynyard are steeped in history.