Escalators
Warsaw Metro Selects New VT Repair and Maintenance Providers
Warsaw Metro recently selected two new vertical-transportation (VT) repair and maintenance providers for equipment serving the 1st and 2nd subway lines and the Metro office building, VT industry consultant Luke...
KONE Tapped To Provide 57 Escalators To Stockholm Metro
KONE recently won two orders to provide a total of 57 escalators for nine stations along two new lines of the Stockholm Metro in Sweden. Serving the Arenastaden and Södra...
KONE Wins SSON “Business Transformation” Award
KONE recently announced it won the Business Transformation category at the annual Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON) Impact Awards. Working with global professional services firm Genpact and audit, tax...
Mumbai Division of Central Railway To Install Nearly 50 Escalators at Stations
India’s Ministry of Railways has approved a budget of Rs 48.05 crore (US$5.8 million) for the installation of new escalators at railway stations within the Mumbai division of the Central...
Nexus Invests GBP2 Million in Metro VT Renewal
A major renewal of the vertical-transportation (VT) equipment serving the Tyne and Wear Metro in northeastern England is taking place, Rail Business Daily reports. Nexus, the public body that owns...
Schindler To Participate in First Edition of GEE in Milan
Schindler announced on May 11 its participation in the first edition of the Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE) on November 15-17 at Fiera Milano Rho in Milan, Italy. The international trade...
Glasgow Train Station Escalator Malfunction Injures Five
Several passengers were injured when an escalator malfunctioned recently at a train station in Glasgow, Scotland, The Scottish Sun is among outlets to report. Witnesses said the escalator carrying rail...
Otis Launches Otis ONE in the Middle East
Otis Worldwide Corp. announced on May 16 the introduction of the Otis ONETM Internet of Things (IoT) service platform in the Middle East. It is now available in Bahrain, the...
VT Issues Persist at Western India Railway Station
Railway passengers in Pune, Maharashtra, India, continue to face issues navigating the station two years after a solution was proposed, The Times of India reports. The often-dysfunctional escalator at the...
German Station Elevator Renovation To Soon End, More Expected
After months of renovation, Deutsche Bahn, the national railway company of Germany, says that its station elevator in Erfurt on platforms 9 and 10 will be operational again by the...
