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Metro Taipei Adjusts Escalators Speeds for Efficiency

Metro Taipei in Taiwan increased the speed of some escalators at high-traffic stations to improve efficiency, reports Taiwan News. The speed of 47 upward escalators at 29 major stations will...

Four New KONE Escalators Coming to London DLR Station

Four new energy-efficient escalators connecting the three floors of the Cutty Sark Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in south-east London are expected to be in service by next spring, Rail...

Schindler To Provide VT For Vancouver SkyTrain Expansion

Schindler announced on April 4 it will provide 40 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 20 elevators and 40 escalators — for the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project, a 16-km expansion of Metro...

KONE To Provide Escalators for Paris Metro Extension

KONE announced on April 3 it won an order to provide at least 84 escalators for five suburban stations on line 15 West of the Grand Paris Express Metro network....

Otis Taiwan to Supply 65 VT Units for MRT Extension

Otis announced in March Otis Taiwan will supply 65 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 50 escalators and 15 Gen2® elevators — for the extension of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Red...

Otis India to Equip Five Projects With 178 Elevators

Otis India, a subsidiary of Otis Worldwide Corp., announced on April 1 it secured an agreement with Aparna Constructions to provide innovative elevator solutions for five ultra-luxury residential projects situated...

Skyline Elevator System For New Brooklyn Residential Building

Skyline Elevators tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided an 11-stop, 3500-lb capacity elevator for 1615 Cedar Street, a new residential property with eight stories above ground in Midwood, Brooklyn, NY. The...

SkyTrain Station in Vancouver Receives Major Expansion

After almost three years of construction, the expansion of the Brentwood Town Centre SkyTrain station in Vancouver, Canada, is fully complete, Daily Hive reports. Beginning in April 2022, the entire upgrade project amassed...

Forte Completes Yankee Stadium Escalator Replacement

Forte Construction Corp. announced it completed a crucial escalator replacement at a key NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) station at the historic Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY, just ahead of...

Otis Secures 29-Unit Modernization Contract in Sweden

Otis has secured a contract to modernize 29 escalators for A-Train AB, the operator of the Arlanda Express, which connects the Stockholm, Sweden, city center to Arlanda Airport. The project, starting...