Escalators

273 VT Units Coming to 82-Km Rail Corridor in India

Two-hundred seventy-three vertical-transportation (units) — 162 escalators and 111 lifts — are coming to the 82-km Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) high-speed rail corridor traveling through Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut...

2022 Ellies Award Winners and Runners-Up Announced

Congratulations to the 2022 Ellies Award winners and runners-up. Each was announced live on stage at the education pavilion during the NAEC Fall Convention & Exposition last week, where winners...

NYC MTA Approves US$7 Billion Penn Station Redesign

In partnership with New Jersey Transit Corp. and Amtrak, the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approved the redesign of Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan, New York YIMBY is among outlets...

Indian Railways Has Made Nearly 500 Stations Accessible

As part of Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign), Indian Railways (IR) has made 497 stations handicapped-accessible by providing lifts and escalators, Orissa Diary reports. In line with policy, IR...

Schindler Built-In Technology Presented at Singapore Show

Jardine Schindler Group featured new technology, including Schindler's BuilT-In, at BEX Asia in Singapore in September. BuilT-In is a state-of-the-art Building Transit Integrator specially designed to meet modern-day buildings' present...

Six New Escalators Inaugurated by Prince Albert II of Monaco

Prince Albert II of Monaco inaugurated six new escalators and a new Monabike electric bike share service in Beausoleil, France, just over the border from the Principality of Monaco, Monaco...

KONE to Equip Suzhou Metro Line S1 With 171 VT Units

KONE will equip Metro Line S1, the first urban rail line in Suzhou, China, with 171 vertical-transportation (VT) units including 30 MonoSpace® elevators and 141 TransitMasterTM escalators, KONE announced on...

16 Escalators, Seven Lifts for Indian Holy Site Skywalk

Sixteen escalators and seven lifts are part of a 460-m skywalk planned outside Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib in Amritsar in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, The Tribune reports. Amritsar Smart...

KONE CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth Visits Indian Counterparts

KONE President and CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth spent a week in India recently, visiting with KONE team members including Managing Director (MD) Amit Gossain and customers at various sites, Ehrnrooth said...

TKE Certified in Accordance with International Cybersecurity Standard

TK Elevator (TKE) announced on September 7 it is one of the first elevator companies worldwide to be certified by TÃœV NORD in accordance with the IEC 62443-4-1 standard, confirming...