Barcelona public transport operator TMB is to undertake what it says will be the first test of vertical platform screen doors on a metro network, with doors supplied by STraffic of South Korea to be installed at Can Cuiàs station on Line 11 during the second half of 2018.
The doors will each comprise three panels forming a barrier 1 800 mm high, lifting upwards to enable passengers to board or leave the train. According to TMB, much wider screen apertures are possible than with horizontal doors, removing the need for trains to stop in a precise location and enabling doors to be installed on lines which operate a variety of rolling stock.
An answer to the Ealing Common problem? Or would either the platform curve or the presumably heritage-status canopies put paid to this?
The problem, I presume, with Ealing Common is that the station’s platforms are served by both deep-level trains and sub-surface ones?
I would observe that PEDs are only being fitted on station platforms below ground. Stratford, for example has none from the Jubilee Line Extension or the up-coming Elizabeth Line. Nor are there any at Abbey Wood when I went for a look last week.
I guess it comes down to whether the new Picc line stock, when it finally materialises, is unattended-train-operation capable or not (and whether whatever is left of the line upgrade spec allows for it).
I recall a PoP article from a few years back that said that UTO-capable lines are required to PED all platforms, both below and above ground, whether UTO is actually enabled or not.
Would save the need to chop the Ealing Broadway branch off the District, though I guess there could be arguments for such a move given the desire to boost frequencies to Richmond and Wimbledon.