Metro Awards Escalator Replacement/Modernization Contract

Metro awarded a contract to replace or modernize 128 of the system's 588 escalators by 2020.

KONE Corporation received the $151.1 million contract.

Escalators at the following stations will be replaced or modernized:

  • Archives (3 escalators)
  • Arlington Cemetery (4 escalators)
  • Bethesda (4 escalators)
  • Branch Avenue (2 escalators)
  • Brookland (1 escalator)
  • Capitol Heights (3 escalators)
  • Cleveland Park (5 escalators)
  • College Park (1 escalator)
  • Columbia Heights (7 escalators)
  • Congress Heights (7 escalators)
  • Court House (3 escalators)
  • Deanwood (2 escalators)
  • Eastern Market (3 escalators)
  • Friendship Heights (6 escalators)
  • Georgia Ave-Petworth (7 escalators)
  • Glenmont (7 escalators)
  • Huntington (1 escalator)
  • Judiciary Square (4 escalators)
  • Medical Center (3 escalators)
  • Metro Center (2 escalators)
  • Minnesota Avenue (2 escalators)
  • Mt Vernon Sq (5 escalators)
  • Naylor Road (2 escalators)
  • NoMa-Gallaudet (4 escalators)
  • Shady Grove (1 escalator)
  • Shaw-Howard (4 escalators)
  • Smithsonian (6 escalators)
  • Southern Avenue (4 escalators)
  • Stadium-Armory (2 escalators)
  • Suitland (4 escalators)
  • U Street (4 escalators)
  • Van Ness (6 escalators)
  • Waterfront (3 escalators)
  • Woodley Park (6 escalators)
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