Boltar writes
And as LU is fond of telling us these escalators have gone back to the
manufacturers factory

When have they ever said that?

I believe it was mentioned in Metro once.

Oh right. Well, we've already seen what you 'believe' to be true...

Does the station manager have all the bits tucked away in the back room?

Of course they do. a huge-big ****-off with all the parts required to
replace every single escalator on the system. And the only reason they
don't replace it in a single week is to **** you off.

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Dave