The platform doors to be installed at the new station in the "Umekita" area on the north side of Osaka Station were opened to the press on the 27th.
Using the latest technology, the platform door moves according to the position of the train door, and JR West says that it is the first in the world to introduce a type called "full screen" that has a height up to the ceiling.
A new station will open in the "Umekita" area on the north side of Osaka Station next spring.
Various trains such as limited express trains and conventional lines will enter the new station.
Since the number of doors varies depending on the type of train, the problem was that conventional "fixed" platform doors could not handle it.
Therefore, a new "movable" platform door made of "full screen" with a height up to the ceiling was newly developed.
It is a mechanism that the platform door moves freely according to the position of the train door.
The company says it is the world's first full-screen movable platform door, which will be piloted when it opens next spring.
On the 27th, in addition to this, the technology to display the directions to the places registered for each user on the digital information board was released.
"We see the new station of" Umekita "as an experimental site for the future. The full-screen home door is the latest technology that can be used with various vehicles," said Kazu Komori, chief of the JR West Innovation Headquarters. I would like to apply the technology cultivated in the above to safety and other services. "