It was in the middle of July, which was an escalator in the Stockholm city line at the station Stockholm City began to rail. A woman was injured when the escalator suddenly plummeted downward and backward.
” It was a grind to a halt, everyone tumbles backwards in a free fall. It is only luck that no more been seriously damaged, ” said SL ceo Caroline Ottosson after the incident.
decided SL and the Stockholm traffic management to conduct a comprehensive inventory of 71 escalators which are all turned off.
During a press conference on Thursday unveiled the traffic management a haveriutredning of besiktningsföretaget Dekra. The assessment is that the design of the wreck of the link ”was not robust enough, which has caused abnormal wear and tear.”
More specifically, it is about the connection between the engine and the gearbox in the current escalators. The relevant sections should now be replaced in all of the escalators of the accident-prone type.
” We have looked at the recommendations besiktningsföretaget Dekra has done. The first recommendation is that the design is done, ” says Karin Svingby, executive director for the investment project in transport management.
to the current escalators, which were installed on both the Odenplan station and Stockholm City centre, consists of standard components. What makes the escalators ”unique” is what components have been put together in just the cases in question. The common denominator is that the clutch thus is too weak in its construction.
– All of the 19 escalators that had this type of connection will be made, ” says Karin Svingby.
computes all the escalators to be fixed at the end of march.
” We regret that it will be some time before all escalators are up and running. It as taken the most time is the manufacture of the new parts, they should then be checked, installed, inspected and escalator test-run before it can be put into operation again, ” says Caroline Ottosson, head of traffic management, in a press release.
Karin Swing stresses that travelers do not need to worry that similar situations arise in the future.
– We always put safety first. This action is the one that both the manufacturer and the independent besiktningsföretaget have recommended, ” says Karin Svingby.
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