INCLINED ELEVATORS
Enhancing station amenities for better user well-being
‘Accessibility, People Flow’
WHY
Station users who need to use an elevator might sometimes need to go a different and longer direction.
WHAT
Incline elevators can be used to provide an alternative way of moving vertically. Often installed alongside escalators or stairs, they take advantage of already existing space without the need for an elevator shaft, improving accessibility across the station. Inclined elevators are therefore an ideal solution for stations where an additional lift shaft may not be feasible or might have an impact on station layout by making it more complicated.
SMART ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
Managing people flows
‘Accessibility, People Flow & Reducing Frustration’
WHY
Less downtime of infrastructure ensures accessibility, and people flow and reduces frustration.
WHAT
Connected elevators and escalators as well as other installations can be continuously monitored to ensure their availability. Monitoring and identifying problems in real-time allows timely and swift corrective maintenance as well as any predictive or preventive maintenance. This helps minimize disruptions in people flow and dissatisfaction.
Automatic elevator landings can be programmed to wait at certain floors, or – in a fully connected station – autonomously take into consideration people flow when, for example, a train or bus enters a station or when connected to other machines such as robots or wheelchairs.