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The Delhi Metro has finally started installing platform screen doors at its stations on the Yellow Line (Huda City Centre-Samaypur Badli). Unlike those on the Airport Express Metro Line, which fully block access to the tracks from the platform, the new screen doors are half its size.
The first set of doors have been installed at platform no. 1 of the Chawri Bazar station. “The height of the screen doors for the Yellow Line will be 1.7 metre. The side of the screen doors facing the platform will have LCD display panels for advertisements,” said Anuj Dayal, Executive Director (Corporate Communication), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Each platform will have a set of 64 such display panels for advertisements.
The screen doors are being installed to “manage” swelling crowds at busy stations. Chawri Bazar is the first station to be fully ready with such gates. Next in line is the New Delhi station where drilling on the platforms has been completed. Other stations to get these gates include Rajiv Chowk, Chandni Chowk and Kashmere Gate.
These screen doors will also prevent mishaps and suicide attempts at metro stations.
The installation of doors was started after getting approval from the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) in December last.
Under the upcoming Phase-III project, all stations on the Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar (Line 7) and the Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden (Line 8) corridors will have screen doors. “The height of screen doors on Pink and Magenta lines will be 1.5 metre instead of 1.7 metre on the Yellow line,” said a Delhi Metro official. The height of the screen door is decided according to the design approved by the CMRS.
The contract for the project has been awarded to a consortium of Korean and Indian firms, which is working with a technical team of the DMRC.