Tube stations

[sherrardk]

Just watching something on Tv that I presume is set in London (Above Suspicion) and it looked like they now have platform doors on the Tube to stop people accessing (chucking themselves onto) the actual tracks before the train gets there. I haven't been to London in over five years so I don't know if I have got the wrong end of the stick.

[MarkRae]

They do one one or two lines, and will eventually extend this to all lines.

[boxtops]

I didn't see it - are these like the doors they have at Gatwick for the maglev train, they only open when the train gets there?

[MarkRae]

Yes: http://en.wikipedia.o...Platform_screen_doors

[rockyracoon]

Jubilee Line has these at Canary Wharf and I think a couple of other stations, feels much safer down there with them.

[Postdog]

When they built the Jubilee line extension about 15 or so years ago (I think), they were included in the build of new stations.

[boxtops]

Good idea.

[sherrardk]

I used to be really paranoid about tube stations, think the door things would make me feel 'safer' (I am a nutter magnet and was always convinced that someone would try to push me under a train!).

[heretic666]

If you ask employees of the service they will tell you it is part of the softening up process for complete automation, driverless trains and unstaffed stations.