Shanghai Metro Station Otis Elevator Reopened

Yesterday, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality Supervision said that the 10 Otis escalators that have temporarily resumed the use of the subway at Xinzhuang Station and Shanghai South Railway Station had been evaluated by the expert panel and confirmed that the corrective measures were effective and currently operating normally. The other 12 escalators of the same type were rectified from yesterday and will be accepted by the Municipal Special Inspection Institute. One of the escalators will be qualified and one will be temporarily restored.

The 10 elevators are operating normally. According to the basic situation of the Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau, there are 22 Otis 513MPE escalators in Shanghai, including 8 on the 1st Line Xinzhuang Station and 8 on the South China Railway Station; Pan Guanglu on the 7th Line 2 stations, 1 Huamu Road Station, 2 Gucun Park Stations and 1 Liuzhou Station. Prior to this, 10 escalators have been temporarily resumed from the Xinzhuang subway station and the Shanghai South Railway station.

On July 21, the Quality Supervision Bureau of the city held an expert group meeting again to assess the operational safety status of the 10 escalators that had been temporarily restored. Through in-depth analysis of the effects of the previous phase of rectification, the expert group unanimously considered that the various rectification measures implemented in the previous phase were effective. From the actual operating situation, the various monitoring measures taken during the temporary restoration of use have performed well.

It is understood that during the temporary restoration of the use of 10 escalators at the Xinzhuang and Shanghai South Stations of the Metro, the Bureau of Quality Supervision dispatched special equipment safety supervision personnel to supervise and inspect the two-station escalators at the site every day to ensure that the monitoring measures are in place. The implementation of on-site safety management, found problems immediately supervise rectification. On this basis, the Bureau of Quality Supervision and Administration of the People's Republic of China also organized professional organizations to track and analyze the safety status of the above-mentioned two-station escalators that had been rectified during the first phase.

The remaining 12 units were replaced by the temporary recovery and use of the remaining 12 Otis 513MPE escalators starting from the 22nd. On the afternoon of July 21st, according to the opinions of the expert group, the Quality Supervision Bureau of the Municipality jointly The Shanghai Shentong Metro Company, the Municipal Special Inspection Institute and other departments held another special coordination meeting. The meeting clearly demanded that Shanghai Shentong Metro and Shanghai Otis Elevator Co., Ltd. will carry out construction and rectification of the remaining 12 Otis 513MPE escalators from July 22, and the inspection will be conducted by the municipal special inspection agency. , Put one into use and ensure that the rectification work is completed before the end of July. In addition, the Shanghai Quality Supervision Department will continue to conduct on-site supervision and inspection of the implementation of the monitoring and operation measures of the rail transit operators, and promptly urge the rectification of problems.

It is reported that the Municipal Bureau of Quality Supervision will continue to strengthen contact and communication with the AQSIQ and the Beijing Bureau of Quality Supervision, pay close attention to the progress of Beijing Metro escalator accidents, and actively improve the rectification of similar elevators in Shanghai.