Accessibility
TKE Supplies 102 VT Units For New CKG Terminal in China
TK Elevator (TKE) supplied 102 vertical-transportation (VT) units for the new Terminal 3B at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) in China. The units include passenger elevators, panoramic machine-room-less elevators with...
Bill Requiring Elevator Repairs Dies in Texas Legislature
Texas Senate Bill 1802, which would have required Texas landlords to repair broken elevators “within a reasonable amount of time,” failed to make it through the state legislature, outlets including KHOU report....
South London Students Awarded STEM Grant in Otis Program
Otis judges recognized a team of nine students from the Linden Lodge School in Wimbledon, South London, with a second-place award in the Otis Made to Move CommunitiesTM challenge for...
Railway Station in South India with VT Inaugurated
South Western Railway's (SWR) Gadag Railway Station in Hubballi in the south Indian state of Karnataka, served by four pieces of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — two elevators and two escalators...
Stannah to Manage Railway Station Accessibility Upgrade
Stannah is managing a major accessibility upgrade at several South Western Railway (SWR) stations along the Wessex route in the U.K., installing a total of 13 passenger lifts to date....
Fujitec India Awarded CMRL Escalator Contract
Fujitec India Pvt. Ltd. has been awarded a contract to provide an unspecified number of escalators for the upcoming Chennai Metro Rail Corp.'s (CMRL) Phase 2 Corridor 5 in India,...
TKE Awarded 55-Unit PBB Contract at KWI
TK Elevator (TKE) announced on May 26 it will provide, install and maintain 55 Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) at Kuwait International Airport (KWI) just south of the Kuwait City center....
Philippine Government to Install Wheelchair Lifts at EDSA Busway Stations
All EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue) Busway stations in the Philippines will have a wheelchair lift to accommodate persons with disabilities, senior citizens and pregnant women, the Philippine News Agency reports....
Vienna Public Transport Launches Elevator Control App
With the new "Liftboy" app, Wiener Linien, Vienna, Austria’s public transport operator, enables the contactless control of its elevators via Bluetooth, Vienna Online reports. This is intended to make boarding easier for...
Indiana Church Elevator Long-Time Coming
A US$1 million elevator and disability access project has been completed at the Cathedral of St. James Episcopal Church in South Bend, Indiana, the South Bend Tribune reports. The decade-long multi-phase project...
