Abstract: The invention proposes a step for escalators comprising a tread and an arcuate skirt adjoining the tread, it being the case that the tread and the skirt have reinforcing ribs and/or reinforcing spars arranged on an inner surface for reinforcing purposes, and it being the case that a connecting structure for connecting the step to a drive arrangement is provided between a front edge region of the tread, as seen in the direction of travel, and a remote edge region of the skirt, it being possible for the step to be produced as a light-metal casting, and it being the case that the outer surface of the tread and of the skirt is formed from plastic by injection moulding.

Abstract: The invention relates to an escalator step having an edge strip attached to a step body, which edge strip covers at least one edge of the escalator step in such a manner that it is flush at the top with a tread of the escalator step, the edge strip being mounted on the step body by means of a snap connection. The snap connection is formed by clips provided on the edge strip or on the step body, which clips engage in corresponding recesses in the step body or in the edge strip, respectively.