近日，海峡时报发布了奥的斯（新加坡）回复关于新加坡地铁南北线和东西线自动扶梯翻修工期过长的问题，该工程共涵盖42个站。该工程自2016年夏天开始动工，目前只完成了约25%的工程量。奥的斯（新加坡）公司称这是设备的复杂性导致的，每台设备都需要约4个月的时间进行翻新，流程包括移出旧设备、检测、安装和更换超过1000个零部件及主要元件。并且，每台翻修中的自动扶梯都由一个固定的维修队负责，而不是多个维修队24小时负责施工工作，称这有助于“确保工作的无缝的连贯性”。而有的自动扶梯可能拆开后发现有新的问题，因此需要超过4个月才能完工。该工程是新加坡地铁公司自1987年以来最大的地铁翻修工程，其大部分将在2022年完成。

　　OTIS SINGAPORE RESPONDS TO LENGTHY SMRT WORK

　　The Straits Times recently ran Otis Singapore’s response to concerns that work on an escalator refurbishment project at 42 SMRT Corp. stations in Singapore on the North-South and East-West lines would take a very long time. Only about 25% of the work has been completed since it began in summer 2016. Otis said that due to the complexity of the units, each need about four months for refurbishment: a process that requires the removal, inspection, installation and replacement of more than 1,000 parts and major components. It added that each escalator being refurbished usually has one fixed team of workers assigned to it, rather than multiple teams working on it 24 hours a day. This, it says, helps “ensure seamless continuity of work.” Some escalators may take even longer than four months to complete due to additional issues discovered only after dismantling. This is the first major refurbishment of SMRT escalators since 1987, most of which is to be completed by 2022.