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Charles Ellson[_3_] · May 7th 21, 10:35 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

On Wed, 5 May 2021 08:32:03 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

On Wed, 05 May 2021 03:42:59 +0100
Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 4 May 2021 07:21:57 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Tue, 04 May 2021 01:46:52 +0100
Charles Ellson wrote:
On Mon, 3 May 2021 08:09:58 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:
There are so many curved platforms on the picc I can't see them bothering
with platform doors.

That won't stop the use of platform doors; it just requires a suitable
design.

Why spend the money on trivia when there are far better uses for it. Retro
fitting platform doors is probably a lot more expensive that designing them
in from the start. Plus a lot of victoria/edwardian tube platforms are quite
narrow and adding platform doors would make things even worse.

The doors aren't there for the convenience of the passengers.

The doors are meant to be a safety feature. I'm not sure a safety feature that
led to even more crush loading in a station would be signed off. In case
you hadn't noticed all the JLE stations have huge platform areas.

Platform doors on the Underground are part of the environmental
control of more recent tube sections; increased safety is a secondary
benefit. In case you hadn't noticed, most Jubilee Line stations (tube
or surface including some stations on the Stratford extension) don't
have platform doors or unusually wide platforms.