7月4日，通力電梯宣布近日獲得了瑞典斯德哥爾摩地鐵延長線第一期工程的訂單，將為其提供20臺自動扶梯。作為該首都城市最大的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施項目之一，此次的地鐵延長線將把地鐵線路延長4公里，并在斯德哥爾摩西北部的巴卡比區(qū)增加兩個與地鐵藍(lán)色線路（Blue Line）相交的站。該訂單需要通力電梯提供8臺TransitMasterTM 140型號和12臺TransitMaster 190型號的自動扶梯設(shè)備。扶梯設(shè)備預(yù)計在2022年進行安裝，而延長線將在2026年啟用。通力電梯稱斯德哥爾摩每年人口增長約40000人，而巴卡比區(qū)，也就是這條延長線主要服務(wù)的地方，是一個“擁有18000套公寓和商圈的全新住宅區(qū)”。

KONE ESCALATOR ORDER FOR STOCKHOLM METRO LINE EXTENSION

KONE recently won an order to deliver 20 escalators to phase one of an extension of the metro line in Stockholm, Sweden, the OEM announced on June 4. One of the capital city's largest infrastructure projects, the work will add 4 km and two stations to the Blue Line in the Barkarby District, northwest of Stockholm. The order consists of eight TransitMasterTM 140 and 12 TransitMaster 190 units. Installation is scheduled in 2022, ahead of the expanded line opening in 2026. KONE observes that Stockholm has an annual population increase of approximately 40,000, and that Barkarbystaden, which the extension will serve, is a “whole new residential area being built with some 18,000 new apartments and commercial spaces.”