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TKE (India) Provides 10 Heavy-Duty Escalators for Busy Metro
TK Elevator (TKE) (India) replaced existing units with 10 of its heavy-duty tugela escalators in six stations of the Kolkata Metro, serving the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India,...
South Africa Airports Focus on Getting VT Up and Running
Airports in South Africa are focusing on getting vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — elevators, escalators and moving walks — up and running for the upcoming holidays after several factors resulted in...
TKE Celebrates 25 Years of VT Service at Israel Airport
TK Elevator (TKE) is celebrating 25 years of providing elevator service at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. TKE began servicing vertical-transportation (VT) equipment at the airport in 1997 and today...
Elevator Inaugurated as Part of Larger Project in India
Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Dibakar Nath inaugurated the newly installed elevator and conference-cum-community Hall at the Dhubri Kalibari premises in India on October 28, The Sentinel reports. The meeting was organized...
Athens Metro Extension Served by 93 Otis VT Units Completes
The Haidari-Piraeus Line 3 extension of the Athens Metro, a project of Attiko Metro S.A., served by 93 Otis vertical-transportation (VT) units, is complete, Railway-News and other outlets report. With...
One of New Zealand’s Longest Escalators Part of New CRL Station
Matt L., a contributor to GreaterAuckland.org, said he recently toured the under-construction City Rail Link (CRL) Karanga-a-hape station in Auckland, New Zealand, and was impressed by its size and vertical-transportation...
Pensacola Airport: Elevators, Escalators Running Again
The director of the Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida, says both the facility’s escalators and five elevators are up and running again, WEAR News reports. The announcement comes a...
Bond Street Station on Elizabeth Line Opens to Acclaim
Otis UK tells ELEVATOR WORLD a lot of people were dressed as James Bond the morning of October 24 as the Bond Street Station opened on London's West End, bringing...
Otis Providing 127 VT Units for Panama Metro Line 3
Building on a more than 10-year relationship, Otis has been awarded a contract to supply 127 vertical-transportation (VT) units — including more than 40 Gen2® elevators and 85 515NPE escalators...
Illinois State University Residence to Renovate Elevators
Illinois State University’s (ISU) Watterson Towers will be receiving a US$15-million renovation to modernize the elevator cars, control systems and safety features of the 28-story tower’s eight elevators, The Vidette...
