TOKYO, Feb 22 (News On Japan) –
The operation of platform doorways has begun at Oshiage Station on the Toei Asakusa Line, marking the completion of platform door installations in any respect Toei Subway stations.
At Oshiage Station in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, the platform doorways began working from the primary prepare on the twentieth.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been advancing the set up of platform doorways since 2000 to forestall accidents akin to passengers falling onto the tracks or coming into contact with trains. With the beginning of operations at Oshiage Station, all 106 stations on the Toei Subway have now been outfitted with platform doorways.
There have been no incidents of passengers falling onto the tracks at stations the place platform doorways have been put in.
On the Asakusa Line, aside from Oshiage Station, all stations have adopted a system that makes use of QR codes to open and shut platform doorways, considerably decreasing the price of automobile modifications from 2 billion yen to 2.7 million yen.
Source: ANN