KONE WINS ORDER FOR 200-PLUS UNITS FOR BEIJING METRO

      KONE has won an order to provide more than 200 units of vertical-transportation equipment for the new Metro Line 17 in Beijing, the company announced on May 28. The 49.7-km-long Line 17 will be entirely underground and have 21 stations. It will connect the Beijing Future Science Park in Changping to Yizhuang in southeast Beijing. Ten of the stations will connect with other lines on the Beijing Metro, the longest and busiest metro system in the world. KONE will provide 61 MonoSpace® elevators throughout the line and 143 TransitMaster™ 140 escalators for eight of the stations, from Panjiayuan Market West to Yizhuang South. The project, designed by the China Railway Electrification Survey Design & Research Institute, is expected to be complete by the end of 2022.