How common are train stops with a wall and doors that prevent you from falling on the tracks? I've seen them in China (in videos), at what looked like huge megastations.
If former Toronto mayor Rob Ford (may his memory bring joy to those who believe in Hell) had been directly confronted about the all-too-common "passenger injury at track level" issue he probably would have said "if you are too physically infirm to use the subway safely, my heart bleeds for you, and you should buy a car."
We have them in London but only at the stations with the very highest levels on congestion during rush hour. The purpose of them is to prevent people being accidentally pushed onto the tracks by extremely large crowds. Basically everything on the Jubilee line such as the Waterloo and Westminster stations.
We don't have them on stations with the number of people in the above video.
In the Copenhagen metro the tracks are closed off from the platform with a glass wall where the sliding doors only open and close simultaneously with the doors on the train. It is virtually impossible to end up on the tracks.
I would imagine not all subway systems, especially older ones, have rolling stock where the doors are evenly spaced. I could also imagine having to put the doors in exactly the same place every time could hurt the flexibility of subway systems. There's also the issue of whether human train drivers are able to stop the trains in exactly the same place every time. The Copenhagen metro can do this because it is relatively new, have fully automated driverless trains and was built to have this feature from scratch.
There’s also the issue of whether human train drivers are able to stop the trains in exactly the same place every time.
I have heard train drivers say that they can easily stop on the centimeter if they want to. Drivers of the Stockholm commuter trains also seem to handle stops well.
You can't jump the subway gap on a citi bike if there were doors and as far as my understanding of the american mindset goes this would become a wedge issue, possibly leading to a party split / replacement because it speaks to both sides idea of freedom at least somewhat
It's 2060 and I'm cutting the ribbon for the Jerome Peel Memorial Subway Station that is the last one left to not have guard doors after the entire system was revamped under President Bernies-head-on-a-robot "socialism everywhere at once instantly" scheme. It runs a historic 2022 schedule of automated trains and 5 people die there every year trying to recreate the jump, they all get a state burial with full honours
The Stockholm Commuter line has doors at Stockholm City and Stockholm Odenplan, the two most central stations. Worth noting that only one train model is used on that line; the X60.
How common are train stops with a wall and doors that prevent you from falling on the tracks? I've seen them in China (in videos), at what looked like huge megastations.
In civilized countries in Asia and Europe, they can be common. But in the backwaters of the US, such things are considered soy nannystate devices
If former Toronto mayor Rob Ford (may his memory bring joy to those who believe in Hell) had been directly confronted about the all-too-common "passenger injury at track level" issue he probably would have said "if you are too physically infirm to use the subway safely, my heart bleeds for you, and you should buy a car."
:stalin-feels-good:
We have them in London but only at the stations with the very highest levels on congestion during rush hour. The purpose of them is to prevent people being accidentally pushed onto the tracks by extremely large crowds. Basically everything on the Jubilee line such as the Waterloo and Westminster stations. We don't have them on stations with the number of people in the above video.
In the Copenhagen metro the tracks are closed off from the platform with a glass wall where the sliding doors only open and close simultaneously with the doors on the train. It is virtually impossible to end up on the tracks.
Yeah that's exactly what I was trying to describe. I don't understand why it isn't commonplace. It's just one more wall.
I would imagine not all subway systems, especially older ones, have rolling stock where the doors are evenly spaced. I could also imagine having to put the doors in exactly the same place every time could hurt the flexibility of subway systems. There's also the issue of whether human train drivers are able to stop the trains in exactly the same place every time. The Copenhagen metro can do this because it is relatively new, have fully automated driverless trains and was built to have this feature from scratch.
You haven't been playing Densha De Go and it shows.
I have heard train drivers say that they can easily stop on the centimeter if they want to. Drivers of the Stockholm commuter trains also seem to handle stops well.
You can't jump the subway gap on a citi bike if there were doors and as far as my understanding of the american mindset goes this would become a wedge issue, possibly leading to a party split / replacement because it speaks to both sides idea of freedom at least somewhat
A society that would sacrifice dudes rocking for safety does not deserve either
It's 2060 and I'm cutting the ribbon for the Jerome Peel Memorial Subway Station that is the last one left to not have guard doors after the entire system was revamped under President Bernies-head-on-a-robot "socialism everywhere at once instantly" scheme. It runs a historic 2022 schedule of automated trains and 5 people die there every year trying to recreate the jump, they all get a state burial with full honours
The Stockholm Commuter line has doors at Stockholm City and Stockholm Odenplan, the two most central stations. Worth noting that only one train model is used on that line; the X60.
I think the yellow paint on the floor is there to let you know not to cross that line or you risk falling in