Mitsubishi Traction Elevator - Changi Airport Terminal 2, SG (Lift 21)

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Filmed whilst having a transit flight back home from Germany. This is one of the original Mitsubishi elevator installations in Terminal 2 which has been operating since 1989/1990. This particular elevator (Lift 21) only goes between the airside retail areas and the 24 hours food court on the upper floor. It has since been modernized in the 2010s with new car interior and fixtures; the buttons have been recently modified with touchless sensors as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notice how the 2nd floor LOP has two up buttons, indicating that this elevator initially had served the 1st floor until it was permanently disabled and the button for that floor was removed from the COP.
📝 Quick elevator review
➕️ Pros:
• Disabled friendly
• Decent and well maintained elevator
➖️ Cons:
• N/A
ℹ️ Info
• Brand: Mitsubishi (unbranded)
• Model: ELEMOTION (?)
• Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Installed by: Ryoden (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
• Type: Overhead traction, geared
• Usage: Passenger
• Capacity: 14 Persons / 1100 kg
• Floors served: 2, 3 (2 floors)
• Year installed / modernized: 1989 / 2010s
• Control type: Microprocessor
• Number of elevator car(s): 1
• History: Modernized
📍 Changi Airport - Terminal 2 (SIN)
🌐 East Region, Singapore (SG)
🏢 Airport
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🗓 24 April 2024
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[@TEL4specialist]

Maybe a con is that it is busy during peak hours because there is only 1 lift and its capacity is quite small?

[@idl3k_elev]

Not really. This elevator is designed for wheelchair user or those with trolley and most people would prefer to use the escalators than this elevator, so it's not used quite often.

[@cjermia1]

I wonder how the old interior look like. Standard 1990s style SPVFs?

[@idl3k_elev]

No one knows

[@PL1Lifts]

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[@cjermia1]

@@idl3k_elev : Found one very old video recorded by mailerdiablo and the old interior looks like the one at Suntec City. Some of the others, however, look like the SPVFs at ITC Mangga Dua.

[@idl3k_elev]

The previous interior was from the 2004/05 refurbishment when Terminal 2 was heavily renovated. Still can't tell how it was like before the first refurbishment.

[@lzh4950]

@@idl3k_elev I remember Terminal 2 lifts were untouched during the 1st refurbishment (besides a few more ThyssenKrupp lifts being added) and had darker interiors (which I remember were refurbished to the current state after modernisation in c. 2015 but byTerminal 2's 2nd renovation in 2020-2023), with grey square buttons typical of SVPF, but the floor indicator is above the door & elongated, using Hitachi font of the 1990s & dinner bells. Trivia: The call station is unusually tall as it originally not only had 2 sets of call buttons (1 @ regular height & another lower one for wheelchair users; a design still common in Japan today), but also arrow indicator lights showing if the lift is currently going up down (not uncommon of SVPF though) plus some keyholes to control various features of the lift. Unlike many SVPF lifts however the COP was parallel to the doors instead of at a 45° angle