webfact Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Platform barricades to be installed at all BTS skytrain stations following incident The Bangkok Mass Transit System announced today that it will install barricades on the platforms of the remaining 14 stations of the BTS skytrain system as soon as possible. The announcement from Mr Surapong Laoha-anya, the managing director, came after an incident this morning when a female passenger fainted and fell onto the rail track at Ratchathevi station. The female passenger was rescued and safely pulled out of the rail track by the company’s security guards. Fortunately, she suffered only minor injuries. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/platform-barricades-to-be-installed-at-all-bts-skytrain-stations-following-incident/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-08-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Platform doors are linked to the signaling system so the doors open/ close when the train arrives and the departs. You cannot just put doors on a platform Yet more train related nonsense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy50 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 So, they're going to spend months installing barricades, because one person fell onto the tracks? Imagine if they could apply this enthusiasm for safety on the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon537687643 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 “As soon as possible” hahahaahahaSent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 FOR SALE 10,000 whistles. Used but well maintained. Slight odour of somtam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 You think they mean those plastic ones at Siam Center???? Assembled Poindexters????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Yet other countries manage just fine with open platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Yet other countries manage just fine with open platforms.The London Underground could do with more of them. Good to see the BTS taking sensible safety precautions; like the MRT.Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanista Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, DoctorG said: Yet other countries manage just fine with open platforms. Very true but this is Thailand. This country has a huge problem with gambling debts and other financial/family related problems. Easiest or only way out in many cases is suicide. They will need gates on the platforms in the coming years but it will mean an increase in highway overpass jumpers. You cant win. Yet some pundits still want a real casino in Bangkok. Unbelievable. I think ex PM Thaksin wanted to demolish Patpong and build a casino many years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 36 minutes ago, DoctorG said: Yet other countries manage just fine with open platforms. There were sometimes suicides in the country where I lived. The train drivers were sent on special courses to help them deal with the psychological problems they faced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Very true but this is Thailand. This country has a huge problem with gambling debts and other financial/family related problems. Easiest or only way out in many cases is suicide. They will need gates on the platforms in the coming years but it will mean an increase in highway overpass jumpers. You cant win. Yet some pundits still want a real casino in Bangkok. Unbelievable. I think ex PM Thaksin wanted to demolish Patpong and build a casino many years back.With the current over-crowding of platforms in rushhour, installing more barriers is a no-brainer.Sent from my SM-A500F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Not too difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Dave67 said: Platform doors are linked to the signaling system so the doors open/ close when the train arrives and the departs. You cannot just put doors on a platform Yet more train related nonsense Might you get the notion this is not train related nonsense? Obviously those doors and barriers will be connected to the signalling system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Not too difficult.Of course. All the central BTS stations have them already.Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Not too difficult.Of course. All the central BTS stations have them already.Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said: Of course. All the central BTS stations have them already. Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Strangely enough I must be one of the few expats who has never been on the sky train or underground system in BKK. Japan and Korea yes but never here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8OA8 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 hours ago, DoctorG said: Yet other countries manage just fine with open platforms. What! You mean to say that the London Underground didn't already install platform gates. They surely must employ thousands of security guards, all blowing whistles advising people to stay away from the edge of the platform when the train is coming. Knee jerk reactions abound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8OA8 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 20 minutes ago, hansnl said: Might you get the notion this is not train related nonsense? Obviously those doors and barriers will be connected to the signalling system. Hopefully they will remain connected to the signaling system and not have an override switch as most traffic lights have. Of course once the barriers are installed there will be security guard/whistler's, with much spare time on their hands, that added to curiosity and the temptation to play with the override switch may just be too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady86 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Cheaper to employ security guards at platforms for 350B per day than to install gates. Being a private company, profit is above everything else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Typically Thai: after the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luk AJ Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Many automated doors are already installed at MRT and BTS stations. It is good to hear they will continue installing the rest. This will avoid; fainting people, selfie addicts, desperates, children and texting-zombies. You have no idea how many times the guards have to interfere to save people standing to close to the rails. For me Thailand is an example of well organized, clean and grafity free metro systems.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 4 hours ago, hansnl said: Might you get the notion this is not train related nonsense? Obviously those doors and barriers will be connected to the signalling system. I agree. The point I was making its not something that is done overnight it means nightly possessions and interfacing with the signaling system both timely and costly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 4 hours ago, 8OA8 said: What! You mean to say that the London Underground didn't already install platform gates. They surely must employ thousands of security guards, all blowing whistles advising people to stay away from the edge of the platform when the train is coming. Knee jerk reactions abound. No we have a suicide pit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Typically Thai: after the event. Not really. All the central BTS stations have had them for years and the whole of the MRT has them. Extending it to the outer stations makes sense now that a more heavily used.Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 13 hours ago, Jeremy50 said: So, they're going to spend months installing barricades, because one person fell onto the tracks? Imagine if they could apply this enthusiasm for safety on the roads. Truth. Did she get bruised? On the roads heads are being crushed, bodies burned, limbs torn off...it's baffling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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