I grew up in a low-status....having never seen a escalator until I was 18, and fresh new in Frankfurt (1978). What amazed me....were the number of escalators around Frankfurt.
This past week...the topic of escalators and Germany came up.
In Berlin....at the dynamic train-station in the middle of town....there are around 52 different escalators that move people. Well....if they are operational....they move people. This past week....now on day 10 (maybe 12)....35 of the escalators are non-functional.
It's reached a stage that the mayor is 'begging' for help.
I noted on social media....someone brought up the DDR days....saying that pretty much every escalator that existed in old East Germany days....was exceptionally prone to be non-functional.
So, I dug into this. Various escalators from across Germany, are down....from what the company (Kone) says....is a stem from a safety defect identified in the gearboxes of a specific type of a KONE escalator model.
The problem in waiting for parts and technicians? Well.....you have to walk up and down the stairs.
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