KONE Corporation, press release, July 3, 2025
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, tel. +358 44 972 0090, media@kone.com
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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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