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> My last hotel only had a single escalator, which went up during check-in hours and down during check-out hours.

Im unsure if this contradicts metaphysics or physics, but then it could do each way only once, requiring a lot of stair walking. Perhaps, however, you omitted the possibility that it only accepted passengers up OR down depending on time.

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In some lesser used buildings in Japan I have seen escalators with sensors at top and bottom which stop completely when no one is on and change direction when a person tries to ascend or descend. It must also sense when riders are present to prevent changing direction then. I haven’t seen those elsewhere. Many newer transit gates in Japan also work as both entry and exit gates changing based on demand.

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