London Underground Keeping the Capital Moving RFID enabled escalator maintenance The escalators of London’s underground railway system carry 3 million passengers from the street to the platforms and back every day. To ensure that the escalators on the London Underground system continue to operate safely and reliably, London Underground operates a carefully managed maintenance routine. But, with over 30,000 individual escalator steps across the network, the challenge of ensuring that each step is tested, repaired when faulty, and then monitored when it is returned to use is a formidable one. To solve the problem, London Underground turned to RFID technology. To help them deliver their project they chose CoreRFID. Taking Steps Millions of passengers use the escalator

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