1.5m PSDs in MRT stations
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Installing PSD disadvantage will be:
- The entire station will be getting warmer if the station is very pack.
Advantage:
- Of course is safety.
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can someone please snap some pictures?
I cant go there... sad...
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Thought the PSD project was on a hiatus, but they were actually processing, HAHAH. So excited.
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UPDATE: Two 1.5m PSDs up at PSR platform
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Originally posted by jcqh:
UPDATE: Two 1.5m PSDs up at PSR platform
woah... nice update -
Originally posted by jcqh:
UPDATE: Two 1.5m PSDs up at PSR platform
eh...kinda weird eh...especially when it has only 2 out of the full set of 23/24
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Originally posted by jcqh:
UPDATE: Two 1.5m PSDs up at PSR platform
omg!! it looks so good!
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Originally posted by jcqh:
UPDATE: Two 1.5m PSDs up at PSR platform
It looks much better than the PSDs on TCL Sunny Bay station.
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http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=2167
Installation of Half Height Platform Screen Doors Pasir Ris Station 1. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is pleased to inform that the installation of the half height platform screen door has progressed smoothly, with the first set of doors being installed at the Pasir Ris MRT Station. The remaining 47 sets of doors will be installed progressively each night at Pasir Ris.
2. Pasir Ris, Jurong East and Yishun MRT stations are the first group of above-ground MRT stations on the North South East West Line (NSEWL) to be fixed with half height platform screen doors.
3. The shipment of doors for Yishun and Jurong East will arrive and installation at these two stations will start later this month and in September 2009 respectively.
4. Installation works and testing and commissioning activities at these three stations are slated for completion by December 2009.
5. Works at the remaining 33 above-ground stations of the NSEWL will be carried out progressively from 2010. These stations will be fitted with half height platform screen doors by 2012.
Commuters' Safety is Key
6. As the work will be carried out on operational stations over a period of time, the LTA and its contractor, together with SMRT, will take necessary measures to ensure the safety of commuters during the installation period.
7. Signages will be displayed at the stations and platforms to inform commuters of the in-progress installation works, while authorised staff will be around to provide necessary assistance. Messages willl also be broadcast more frequently over the station public announcement system to remind commuters not to step over the yellow line.
8. LTA seeks the commuter's cooperation and understanding in ensuring their own personal safety during this period.
Background on Half Height Platform Screen Door
9. The installation of half height platform screen doors at above-ground MRT stations of the NSEWL is an initiative introduced in the Land Transport Master Plan launched in 2008. It aims to enhance commuters' safety and reduce the incidence of track intrusions. Under this installation programme, all above-ground MRT stations of the NSEWL will be fitted with half-height platform screen doors by 2012.
10. The contract to install the half height platform screen doors and associated works was awarded to Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd in August 2008.
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Reported on news just now!
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12/08/09's update: 5 sets of doors now installed, which means last night 3 were being installed. And at concourse level, the doors are being revealed.
I'll update tmr with photos and maybe 1 vid at Pasir Ris.
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Video Link (CNA Chinese): http://video2.channelnewsasia.com/cnavideos/chineseplayer.asp?skin=Player1.swf&player=chineseplayer.swf&filename=xin_ch_wed03.flv
Article on Straits Times (13 Aug 2009): http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_415954.html
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Platform doors at 3 stations by year-endRemaining 33 above-ground stations to get them from next JanuaryBy Yeo Ghim Lay 
The first sets of half-height platform screen doors went up at Pasir Ris MRT station yesterday. Testing of the doors starts next month. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERANTHE first sets of platform screen doors designed to keep people off the train tracks went up yesterday at Pasir Ris MRT station.
Jurong East and Yishun stations will be next and all three stations will have doors fitted by the end of the year.The remaining 33 above-ground MRT stations will get them from January next year.
The doors, which open only when a train pulls into the station, will prevent commuters from falling onto the tracks - intentionally or otherwise.
Such incidents have gone up over the years, from an average of 16 cases a year in 2004 and 2005 to 31 in 2007.
Last year, there were 23 cases of commuters straying onto the tracks. Six of these were due to accidental loss of balance.
This year alone, two commuters have died after falling off station platforms and being hit by approaching trains.
Such incidents have prompted repeated calls for platform screen doors by Members of Parliament and commuters.
But it was only early last year that the Government gave the go-ahead for the doors to be installed, saying that the cost of such doors had come down.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is spending $126 million on the project and aims to complete work on the remaining 33 stations by 2012.
It will take four to six months to prepare each MRT station and to install the doors. 'We can carry out work only when the trains are not running at night. This leaves us with just 21/2 hours each night to do the work,' said Mr Chua Chong Kheng, LTA's group director of rail (Thomson and existing lines).
While commuters feel the doors should have gone up sooner, they say it is better late than never. Accountant Quek Ei Bing, 29, said: 'I always see people going over the yellow line at station platforms so they can board the train quickly and get a seat. It is really dangerous, someone might just nudge you from behind and you could fall.'
MP Lim Wee Kiak, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Transport, welcomed the start of work to install the platform doors, but hoped that more will be done to keep commuters safe in the meantime. 'Perhaps the authorities can look at some temporary low-cost solutions, such as moving the platform's yellow line inwards.'
Currently, the doors already installed at Pasir Ris station remain open as trains are still running. Signs have been put up to inform commuters about the works, and commuters will be reminded by station staff to stand behind the yellow line.
Testing of the doors at Pasir Ris station will take place next month, after the full 48 sets of doors go up on the platform.
Singapore Technologies Electronics, which won the contract to install the doors, is carrying out the works.
The doors will operate like the full-height doors in underground MRT stations. Trains will not be able to move off if the platform screen doors are still open.
Signalling systems will synchronise the screen doors with train doors and sensors will detect things caught in between.
Made of tempered glass, the doors will be able to withstand heavy wind and impact - up to 150kg per sq m, to be exact, said the LTA.
'They will be as strong as the full-height doors in underground stations,' said Mr Chua.
Singapore is not the first city to have half-height platform screen doors in its train stations. Such doors are currently found at some stations in Taipei and Paris.
Besides the doors, the Government is also spending $29 million on more closed-circuit television sets in MRT stations to boost commuter safety.
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transparent design is always nice to look at
glad that they're not gonna cover up the whole station...rather it stays as it is with minor modifications
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Knorr-Bremse (also owners of Westinghouse PSD) is supplying the equipment.
http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp090813_002.shtml
1.5m Platform doors design in Taipei Metro (TRTS) :
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Yishun station is showing signs of PSDs going to be installed soon. Part of the new flooring is replaced with the old concrete flooring.
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Sorry guys, I haven't been to Pasir Ris for the past 2 days so can't update...
I'll definitely be going to Pasir Ris tmr so i shld be able to update with pics and maybe a vid.
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The PSDs at Pasir Ris Platform A has already installed more than 10 sets. And green line stickers are beling sticked at the top of the PSDs probably representing the East west Line
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i feel sorry for those commuters whose height that are below 1.5m
confirm 'panas'
(hot)
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Originally posted by Ajen:
i feel sorry for those commuters whose height that are below 1.5m
confirm 'panas'
(hot)
Surely lagi-lagi at jurong east.. Got psd aready, den too many peeps during peak hour hotter! -
green stickers? more than 10 sets? cant wait to see some photos!
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Yerr.... my topic got a lot of post!
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14 sets of PSD at Pasir Ris as of today.
Originally posted by sbst272:Guangzhou metro line 4 (广州地�4�线) PSD design:
The 1st pic looked like the C651 at first sight... :D -
111-112 at Pasir Ris
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i feel they should put full height at the stations, then put Aircon.