Escalators
Schindler Provides 61-Unit VT System for New Grand Madison Station
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a vertical-transportation (VT) system that includes 41 escalators and 20 elevators for the new Grand Central Madison subway station in NYC, providing, according to...
Two Key Transitions at Otis China and Otis World HQ
On February 27, Otis announced Sally Loh as president of Otis China, reporting directly to Otis CEO and President Judy Marks. Loh succeeds Perry Zheng, who will return to Otis...
Railway Stations in India to Receive VT Upgrades
Under the Amrit Bharat scheme, a plan to modernize railway stations across India, 15 stations in the Ferozepur rail division will be outfitted with vertical-transportation (VT) equipment including escalators, babushahi...
AKE, Del Bo Provide 12 Escalators for Naples Underground Metro
AKE Aufzüge & Fahrtreppen, headquartered in Baesweiler, Germany, and the Naples office of Italy's Ascensori Del Bo are partnering to provide 12 escalators to the Naples underground metro system. Scheduled...
Ad Rail USA Awarded GBAC Star for Escalator Germ Prevention
Ad Rail USATM announced on February 14 it has been awarded the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) STARTM Registered Seal for its Safe 2 Touch program addressing escalator safety and...
MIBA: Four Events in One at Fiera Milano in Italy
The Milan International Building Alliance (MIBA) consists of four events to be held simultaneously at Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy, on November 15-18: Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE), ME-MADE Expo, SMART...
Broken Escalators and Elevators Plague Seattle Light Rail Stations
In downtown Seattle, out-of-service elevators and escalators are causing issues for riders, Kiro 7 News reports. The latest outage inventory records three broken elevators and seven inoperable escalators across at...
Nordic Lift Expo Draws More Than 500 to Stockholm Venue
More than 500 vertical-transportation (VT) industry members and clients gathered on January 31 at Scandic Infra City in Stockholm, Sweden, for the biannual Nordic Lift Expo. Organized by Oxbridge Live...
Accessibility at Busy Indian Rail Station Criticized
G plus recently criticized accessibility at the busy Guwahati Railway Station (GRS) in the Northeast Indian state of Assam, observing there are too few lifts and that both lifts and...
Corey Joins JFK T6 T7 Team at Vantage Airport Group
John Corey, an elevator industry veteran with more than 20 years' experience, recently joined the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) team in Queens, NY, for the new Terminal 6...
