KONE to modernize escalators along Liverpool’s commuter rail network
KONE Corporation, press release, April 4, 2024 KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has won an order from the UK’s main railway infrastructure owner and manager, Network Rail, to modernize fourteen escalators within the Merseyrail network in Liverpool. Upon completion, the new KONE equipment will move people across major stations, such as Lime Street, Hamilton Square, and James Street. Operating one of the busiest train systems outside London, Merseyrail has been proactive in bringing the region’s rail network into the 21[st] century.