CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES
testing , thyssenkrupp Elevator is carrying out the first MULTI installation for OVG Real Estate in Berlin , at the company ’ s new East Side Tower project which sits adjacent to the Mercedes-Benz Arena .
Schierenbeck believes that MULTI , often referred to as the Willy Wonka elevator , can be a gamechanger not only for transit in buildings , but also between them . He cites the possibility to connect underground metro stations – sites which may not be far apart but are at different depths and serving different rail lines .
Metro stations are complex infrastructures that connect several rail lines overlapped in a very restricted space . London ’ s busiest tube station , Waterloo , handles 95mn passengers every year and the deepest platform in the network is 58m below street level , at Hampstead .
“ Two stations can be connected by a MULTI system that travels up , down , left and right ,” Schierenbeck says . “ It is much cheaper than any other form of construction , and we have had discussions with Transport for London ( TfL ) about the money-saving potential .”
Speaking at the time of the first meeting with TfL , Schierenbeck said : “ If applied it would undoubtedly
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