(AGENPARL) – Thu 03 July 2025 KONE Corporation, press release, July 3, 2025
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KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has
won an order to provide a suite of People Flow® solutions for the future line C
of the Toulouse Metro. This 27-kilometer line will serve the Airbus site and the
university zone.
Built and operated by Tisséo, line C will connect Colomiers station to Labège,
with connections to five SNCF stations. This fully automated metro line will
facilitate the daily journeys of 200,000 passengers.
“It’s a great honor for us to be part of this project,” says Karla Lindahl,
Executive Vice President for KONE Europe. “By enhancing connectivity between
Toulouse’s suburban areas and the city center, this metro line will
significantly improve the daily lives of commuters. We are proud to deliver our
people flow solutions to support a seamless, efficient, and sustainable urban
mobility experience.”
KONE will equip 21 stations in total. The order includes a total of 90 KONE
TransitMaster™ escalators and four KONE TransitMaster™ sidewalks.
“An entire year was devoted to this project, with significant preparatory work
involving design offices. We demonstrated our seriousness by matching the
client’s needs with the right expertise. With a dedicated team and the
mobilization of all our resources – factory, sourcing – we are fully equipped to
support them,” stated Geoffroy Besnard, Regional Director for Western France,
Belgium, and Luxembourg at KONE.
KONE booked the order in Q1 of 2025. The commissioning is scheduled for 2028.
For further information, please contact:
Tuija Kleimola, Interim Senior Vice President, Communications, KONE Corporation,
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Previous press releases are available at www.kone.com/en/news-and
-insights/releases/.
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About KONE
At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities. As a global leader in the
elevator and escalator industry, we move two billion people every day, making
their journeys safe, convenient, and reliable with smart and sustainable People
Flow®. In 2024, KONE had annual sales of EUR 11 billion, and at the end of the
year over 60,000 employees in close to 70 countries. KONE class B shares are
listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
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