Otis Canada has won a contract to supply 54 elevators and modernise two existing units for the $2bn O-Train Confederation Line, which is the first phase of Ottawa's electric Light Rail Transit (LRT) system.
Otis signed the supply contract with OLRT Constructors, a consortium comprising EllisDon, Dragados and SNC-Lavalin. The agreement also includes a ten-year Otis maintenance contract.
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Under the contract, Otis will provide 44 Gen2 elevators, ten special freight elevators, and modernise two additional lifts.
Many of the elevators will combine Otis’s Gen2 technology with custom-designed glass cabs.
Otis Canada president Tony Grilli said: “For this historic project, we are uniquely capable to provide products sturdy enough to handle a transit system with a capacity of 24,000 customers per hour in each direction, with limited control room space requirements and customised elevator cabs, some with glass panels.”
Construction of the O-Train Confederation Line completed on the 202km Rideau Canal connecting the city with Kingston, Ontario.
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By GlobalDataThe new rail line is set to provide rail transit service along a 12.5km, 13-station route.
Three of the underground stations are interconnected by a 2.5km tunnel that covers the city’s downtown core.
In 2013, preliminary construction of the LRT system started, with planned full service expected in 2018.
A unit of United Technologies, Otis manufactures elevators, escalators and moving walkways.
