Elevator World

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HITACHI SUPPLYING 88 UNITS TO WUHAN, CHINA, METRO Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. has won a contract to provide 22 elevators and 66 escalators to section 2 of Line 16 of the Wuhan, China, Metro, the company announced on August 25. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and serious flooding, construction of the Wuhan's rail transit system has continued, and construction of all stations on Line 16 has begun. Line 16 is a high-speed light rail line that connects the Hannan District with Wuhan's main business districts. It has 12 stations along its 32.4 km (12.7 km of which are underground). Five of the stations are elevated and seven are below ground. Regular service is expected to begin in 2021. Hitachi has provided more than 540 escalators to Wuhan Metro's Lines 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8, including four of its model EX-BPG with a lifting height of 22.4 m, the highest in central China. Image cred