Metro

“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)...

Schindler to Provide 180 Escalators for Indian Metro

Schindler has been selected to deliver 180 escalators for stations on two new routes that are part of Bangalore Metro Rail Corp.'s Phase 2 project in southern India, which will...

KONE Begins Escalator Work at Virginia Metro Station

KONE began the installation of four new and more durable escalators at the Pentagon City Metro Station in Arlington, Virginia, on August 16, Patch.com reports. Both entrances to the Pentagon City Metro...

TKE Lands 122-Unit VT Contract for Quito Metro System

Quito, Ecuador, is building its first metro transit system, and TK Elevator (TKE) has been awarded the vertical-transportation (VT) contract for the first line, the company announced on August 6....

Installation Of “Make In India” VT Equipment at Kanpur Begins

The installation of elevators and escalators in nine Metro Stations in India has begun, The Times of India reported on August 4. A total of 27 escalators and 33 lifts are being...

414 High-Capacity Escalators to Serve New Mumbai Metro Line

India's Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC) is spending the equivalent of more than US$3.5 billion to install 414 escalators serving 27 stations along Metro Line 3, a new 33.5-km-long underground...

TKE to Equip Stockholm Metro Stations With 44 Escalators

TK Elevator (TKE) has won a multimillion-euro order from AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik to equip Stockholm metro stations with 44 heavy-duty victoria escalators, TKE announced on July 22. The 110-km-long system,...

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...