Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail systems.

Oct 7, 2021 · In many major Asian cities like Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai almost all subway and suburban rail stations have full height platform screen doors (extending from the ground all the way to the ceiling).

May 31, 2024 · The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Transportation) has now collaborated with Denso Wave to develop the world’s first 2D-code system for opening and …

Aug 5, 2022 · It works on rail systems across Japan, as well as at select airports and tourist attractions. Easily operated ticket vending machines with large 32-inch screens can display route maps, enabling anyone to purchase tickets without difficulty. © Bureau of Transportation Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Feb 22, 2024 · Railways across Japan are installing doors on platform edges to keep their passengers safe, but costs are getting in the way. Now, officials with the Tokyo government have found a way to make...

To prevent such accidents, train operators around the country are installing gated barriers at the edge of platforms. These barriers are called hōmu doa in Japanese, a term coined locally from...

Dec 23, 2020 · After train services ended after 1 A-M on December 12, about 50 workers began the task at Ueno Station on the Hibiya Line. The workers took about 90 minutes to set up 35 gates on one side of the platform. Tokyo Metro plans to install platform screen doors and gates at all 180 stations by March 2026.

Dec 14, 2016 · Just 85 of Japan's 271 busiest train stations had barriers and safety doors installed on their platforms as of November this year, a Mainichi Shimbun investigation has found.

With platform-door construction on the last station of the Asakusa Line completed in February 2024, all 106 Toei Subway stations now have them installed. Okamoto says, “I’ve heard that for the visually impaired, walking on station platform is like walking on a bridge without railings.

With the start of operations at Oshiage Station, all 106 stations on the Toei Subway have now been equipped with platform doors. There have been no incidents of passengers falling onto the tracks at stations where platform doors have been installed.