PROFILE
that this is nearing the real world application ,” Nehring says . “ We launched a real world model in Spain last year which demonstrated it works , and now we are putting it in our test tower in Rotweil , Germany . This will change the industry .”
Access to the inaccessible The design and new and modification of existing metro stations has emerged as major area of potential for MULTI , despite the fact thyssenkrupp Elevator designed it without the underground in mind . Transport for London ( TfL ) picked up on the idea .
“ The idea came from an architect at TfL who , while talking about other projects we are doing together , said that MULTI could work in tube stations ,” Nehring explains . “ He said ‘ why are you only thinking about skyscrapers when you can go underground ?’, so we took on the idea .”
Elevator has since held other meetings with TfL , which has been increasingly receptive to MULTI as a solution to one of its biggest problems with London Underground – access to stations .
Nehring adds : “ We have discussed with TfL how the MULTI could allow an accessibility to the London Underground that currently isn ’ t there – it is the biggest problem of the tube , trying to access stations with pushchairs , wheelchairs
8 November 2016