Escalators
Repair Work On Palma Escalators Begins
Repair work began in early May on the escalators in Plaça Major in Palma, Spain, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reported on May 12. The lift that connects the square and the...
Hong Kong Lifts, Escalators Short of Safety Standard
Two-thirds of Hong Kong lifts and escalators "do not meet the latest safety guidelines," the officer of the ombudsman reveals, triggering a call for more no-notice inspections, the South China Morning...
KONE Providing Lifts, Escalators for London High Rise
KONE has won an order to supply 15 custom-made elevators and escalators for the new “Arbor” office building at Western Yards, phase one of the Bankside Yards mixed-use development in...
92 Otis Escalators Part of Munich Metro Modernization
Through 2026, Otis Germany will install 92 heavy-duty NPETM escalators at 18 stations of the Munich Metro, bringing the number of escalators the OEM has supplied to the system since 1985...
Japanese City to Forbid Walking, Running on Escalators
Lawmakers in Saitama, Japan, passed an ordinance on March 26 forbidding passengers from walking or running on escalators, mothership reports. Although likely to not carry any penalty if breached, the ordinance is...
Transit accessibility upgrades and mixed-use towers
CTA Plans to Make Over Stations The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is set to undertake complete makeovers, including elevators and escalators, of four Red Line stations on the city’s North...
A major transit contract and a new suburban apartment tower
130 WMATA Metro Escalators to Be Modernized by KONE KONE has won an order to modernize 130 escalators at 32 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro stations in the...
SGP Selects Kone Escalators for Planned Paris Metro Line
KONE will provide 152 escalators for the future Grand Paris Express Metro Line 16, the company announced on March 18. The planned 29-km line, set to connect the Saint-Denis Pleyel...
Industry shopping and contract join Manchester and Birmingham development news
Schmersal Introduces “Webshop” Schmersal’s new “webshop” for customers in the U.K. and Ireland; image courtesy of Schmersal The Schmersal Group has unveiled a new “webshop” for customers in the U.K....
Escalator Fractal Behavior, Part One
Deploying the concept of the fractal in correlation to the mechanical performance and availability of escalators for passenger service Traces of data have been collected and downloaded from the electronic...
