Station without platform doors To set up a study group to think about safety measures Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism September 25, 18:10
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will set up a study group to consider safety measures for stations without platform doors because there will be no fall accidents at stations that do not have platform doors to prevent them from falling from the platform of the station. It was decided.
The installation of platform doors at stations is being promoted mainly at stations with more than 100,000 users per day, but as of the end of March, about 10% of stations nationwide have been installed. I'm staying.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the number of people who fell from the platform of the station in 2018 reached 2,789 nationwide, and in July, JR Asagaya in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, where platform doors were not installed at that time. At the station, a visually impaired man fell off his platform and was hit by a train and died.
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane said at a press conference on the 25th, "We will set up a study group for safe use of both hardware and software at stations where platform doors are not maintained."
A study group will be set up next month to discuss safety measures and announce the results, such as the introduction of a system in which station staff watch over visually impaired people when they pass through the ticket gate, and a system that promptly notifies station staff in the unlikely event that someone falls. I have decided.