美国新泽西PATH车站投入6500万美元更换自动扶梯设备

据nj.com报道，美国新泽西州泽西市正在进行连接Exchange Place站和地面的三台自动扶梯设备的更换，投入6500万美元。港口管理局哈德逊交通快运系统将把该站关闭三个周末。今年已经25岁，长150英尺的三台自动扶梯于2012年10月在桑迪飓风中受损，随后在2013年1月发生故障并造成6人受伤。Exchange Place站计划于10月24日至25日，11月20日至23日和12月4日至7日关闭，每台自动扶梯预计需要七个月才能竣工。消息人士称，预计完成在2022年下半年完成项目，并称该项目“对于乘客和工作人员来说都不容易。”

US$65-MILLION ESCALATOR REPLACEMENT AT N.J. PATH STATION

A US$65-million replacement of three long escalators between the underground Exchange Place station and the surface is underway in Jersey City, New Jersey, with the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) rapid transit system shutting down the station for three weekends, nj.com reports. The 25-year-old, 150-ft-long escalators were damaged in Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, subsequently malfunctioning and injuring six people in January 2013. Exchange Place was scheduled for shutdown on October 24-25, November 20-23 and December 4-7, with work on each escalator expected to take seven months. The targeted completion date is the latter part of 2022. The project, says the source, “isn’t going to be easy for riders or work crews.”