KONE TO SUPPLY 128 UNITS TO SHANGHAI METRO LINE 18

KONE has been selected to provide 128 heavy-duty TransitMasterTM escalators to 10 underground stations in the first phase of Shanghai Metro Line 18, an important cross-river route that will connect to 13 other metro lines in China's largest city. An estimated one million people are expected to use the equipment each day. The Shanghai Metro system opened in 1993 and is the world's largest rapid-transit system by route length. Estimated to be complete by 2021, phase one of Line 18 is being developed by Shanghai Rail Transit Line 18 Development Co., Ltd., and the architect is Shanghai Tunnel Engineering & Rail Transit Design and Research Institute.