The Toronto Transit Commission is currently studying a retrofit of all its subway stations with platform safety barriers. ( Bernard Weil / Toronto Star ) A concept image of the platform edge barriers that will be installed in Reseau Express Metropolitain’s 26-station automated transit system. Critics say the installation of platform safety barriers could save numerous lives, particularly in urban centres. As recently as this summer, Canada’s largest transit workers union, the Amalgamated Transit Union, called for the installation of the devices in stations across the country. While those upgrades are merely under consideration, Montreal’s new $6.3-billion transit network will indeed come fully equipped with platform safety barriers.

Source: thestar September 28, 2018 21:11 UTC