Metro
Metro Announces Modernization Project
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, commonly referred to as Metro, announced the beginning of a new modernization project on February 10, reports DC News Now. The project will take place...
KONE Wins Order For Eight Stations for China’s New Line S2
KONE has won an order to supply a suite of people flow solutions for the new metro line S2 on the Nanjing to Ma’anshan intercity rail in East China. The...
KONE Installs 56 Escalators at Major New Paris Metro Station
KONE announced it provided 56 escalators as part of the vertical-transportation system at the new Saint-Denis-Pleyel station in Paris. The station is part of the Grand Paris Express, a major...
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...
KONE Equipping 236 VT Units For Zhengzhou Line
KONE has won an order to supply 236 vertical-transportation (VT) units operating on the Zhengzhou metro line between the Zhengzhou airport and the city of Xuchang, China, the company announces. Referring...
Baltimore Subwaylink Station To Get New Elevators
Both elevators at the Mondawmin Metro SubwayLink Station in Baltimore will be replaced over the next year, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) in a...
TKE Celebrates Delivery Of 160 Units For Xian Metro
TK Elevator (TKE) recently celebrated delivery of 160 units, including 126 escalators and 34 elevators, serving Xian Metro Line 14 in China. The units serve the latest addition to the...
“Fantastic Voyage”
Stockholm Metro, the “world’s longest art gallery,” enhances accessibility with new TKE escalators. Seven years after it opened in 1950, Stockholm Metro, also called tunnelbana (Swedish for “subway”) and Stockholm...
KONE Wins 83-Unit VT Order for New Beijing Metro Line
KONE has won an order to supply 83 vertical-transportation (VT) units for the western section of Beijing’s new Metro Line 11, the company announced on September 16. Line 11, a...
First Escalator Serving New Indian Rail Station Unveiled
The first escalator serving Siddhivinayak Metro Station, part of Mumbai Metro Line 3, or MML-3, on India’s west coast is now operational, The Free Press Journal reports. Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC)...
