A ride of the Barrakka Lift in Valletta, Malta, which is a public elevator linking the Valletta city center (via Upper Barrakka Gardens) in the upper part and the Grand Harbour on the lower part. These elevators were installed in 2012 to replace the original ones from 1905 which had been demolished in 1983 (ceased operation in 1973). The current elevators are KONE, which were installed by KONE's Maltese distributor, Mekanika Limited. A single trip to the top only costs €1, while return trip is free.

The Barrakka Lift are perhaps my favorite elevators to ride in Malta. As my cruise ship (where I worked) had a port of call in Valletta every Monday for embarkation until late of October 2019, I often went out to the city center or the Upper Barrakka Gardens (to use a public WiFi) during my free time by riding these elevators. It's like almost every Monday I rode these. For the elevators themselves, these are quite nice for being part of the city's urban transportation facility. They are fitted with KSS 140 vandal resistant fixtures which is perfect since these are outdoor installations. Also notice that these elevators have some sort of a "load detection" feature which I have never seen one before in any KONE elevator. It shows people the percentage of the car's load on the floor indicator, and the number increases as more people comes in. I have included another footage showing the feature in one of the cars when it was almost fully loaded! Pretty unique feature IMO, but I guess a lot of people won't notice it anyway.



• Brand:
KONE
• Installed and maintained by:
Mekanika Ltd.
• Capacity: 21 Persons/1600 kg
• Floors served: 0, 1 (2 floors)
• Year installed:
2012
• Model:
MiniSpace MMR
• Fixtures:
KSS 140
• Serial no.:
11466706 & 11466707
• History:
1905: Original elevators installed.
1973: Elevators ceased operation and were closed.
1983: Elevators dismantled
2012: Current elevators installed.

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Camera: Nikon Coolpix S800C
Taken date: June 3, 2019

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