Antalya-based AKE has signed a contract for 165 units, including 108 escalators, 10 moving walks and 47 elevators, for the Gebze-Darıca Metro Line Project in Kocaeli. The line, which will connect the coastline with Marmaray, will be 15.4-km long and will have 11 stations. The project will be completed in two phases. In the first phase, eight stations will be completed by the end of 2022, while three other stations will be added in the second phase, for completion by September 2023, and the line will be taken into service. Heavy-duty, long-lasting and durable escalators and moving walks will be used on the metro line, which will starts in Darıca neighborhood of Kocaeli’s Gebze district. The moving walks, with a daily capacity of 330 thousand passengers, will be 80 m and 90 m long, while the biggest escalator of the project will be 20m long.
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