The invention discloses a vertical-face handrail which comprises a base and a handrail assembly. The base is supported between the handrail assembly and a wall face, the handrail assembly comprises avertically arranged supporting body, a vertical supporting plate is formed on the side, away from the base, of the supporting body, an elastic rubber layer is laid on the supporting plate, the supporting body is provided with an installing cavity, an LED light source assembly is arranged in the installing cavity, the rubber layer is made of a transparent material, and the supporting plate is provided with multiple light-transmitting windows in an array way. In the vertical-face handrail, the supporting plate can play the supporting effect on the rubber layer, meanwhile can also facilitate light transmission and plays an illumination effect.