Half-height screen doors enhance commuter safety at
Pasir Ris MRT station
SINGAPORE : Half-height platform screen doors have been
installed at Pasir Ris MRT station to help prevent people from
falling onto the tracks.
This is the first station to feature such safety
enhancements.
Installation began in August this year and took several months to
complete because work could only be carried out at night when the
trains were not running.
Deputy Prime Minister and Adviser to Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, Teo
Chee Hean, launched the doors on Sunday.
Next month, platform doors will also operate at Jurong East and
Yishun stations. And by 2012, they will be installed in all 36
above-ground MRT stations in Singapore.
The entire project will cost over S$120 million.
- CNA/ms
