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KONE WINS 72-UNIT DEAL FOR BANGKOK METRO PROJECT

KONE has been awarded a deal for 72 elevators and escalators for Contract E3 of the Bangkok metro MRT Orange Line (East Section) project, the company announced on October 9. KONE will supply three stations, from Yaek Lam Sali to Khlong Ban Ma, as well as three intervention shafts, with 17 MonoSpace® elevators and 55 TransitMaster™ 120 escalators. They will be connected to KONE's E-Link™ monitoring system. In total, the Orange line spans 39.8 km and has 28 stations (21 underground). The project is owned by Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand, and the general contractor is Italian-Thai Development Co. Ltd.

Image credit: courtesy of KONE

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