Platform railings come up at Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Interchange metro station
The HinduFollowing the recent incidents of people getting onto the electrified tracks at Namma Metro stations, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited on Thursday, February 1, installed platform safety railings at Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Interchange station as part of a pilot project. Speaking to The Hindu, A.S. Shankar, Executive Director at BMRCL, said, “Due to the substantial daily footfall at the Majestic metro station, a decision was made to initiate the installation of platform safety railings as a pilot project. Our approach includes the installation of steel hand railings along the platforms of busy metro stations, strategically placed at the platform edges where train doors open,” a BMRCL official said. As per the agreement, 13 underground stations are slated to receive full-height Platform Screen Doors while 37 elevated, or at-grade stations, in the aforementioned metro projects will be equipped with half-height Platform Screen Gates.
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