Installation of Rubber Bungs to Close Gaps on MRT Platforms

Debated in Parliament on 3 Nov 2014.

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Ms Chia Yong Yong inquired about the timeline for installing rubber bungs on MRT platforms to close gaps and prevent wheelchair and stroller wheels from falling in.
Minister Lui Tuck Yew confirmed that gap fillers are already installed at all above-ground MRT stations since 1997, but not at underground stations due to design constraints from Platform Screen Doors.
To address this, the Land Transport Authority has implemented gap fillers on trains for the Downtown Line and will fit them on new North East and Circle Line trains, with retrofits for older trains during refurbishment.
Studies are ongoing to apply this solution to the North-South and East-West Lines, aiming to mitigate the risks identified without altering the platform edge design.

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Chia Yong Yong

Ms Chia Yong Yong asked the Minister for Transport when will rubber bungs be installed in MRT stations to close the gaps between the trains and the platforms so as to minimise incidents of wheelchair and stroller wheel castors falling between such gaps with its consequential risks.

Lui Tuck Yew

Rubber bungs, otherwise known as gap fillers, have been installed on the platform edge of all above-ground MRT stations since 1997. However, gap fillers were not installed at underground stations because the design of the Platform Screen Doors ruled out their installation on the platform edge. LTA has since studied the option of fitting gap fillers on trains instead of the platform edge and this has been implemented for Downtown Line trains. New trains for the North East Line and Circle Line will also be fitted with gap fillers and the public transport operators will retrofit older trains during their mid-life refurbishment. We are also studying this for the North-South and East-West Lines.

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Ms Chia Yong Yong inquired about the timeline for installing rubber bungs on MRT platforms to close gaps and prevent wheelchair and stroller wheels from falling in.
Minister Lui Tuck Yew confirmed that gap fillers are already installed at all above-ground MRT stations since 1997, but not at underground stations due to design constraints from Platform Screen Doors.
To address this, the Land Transport Authority has implemented gap fillers on trains for the Downtown Line and will fit them on new North East and Circle Line trains, with retrofits for older trains during refurbishment.
Studies are ongoing to apply this solution to the North-South and East-West Lines, aiming to mitigate the risks identified without altering the platform edge design.

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Installation of Rubber Bungs to Close Gaps on MRT Platforms

Debated in Parliament on 3 Nov 2014.

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Ms Chia Yong Yong inquired about the timeline for installing rubber bungs on MRT platforms to close gaps and prevent wheelchair and stroller wheels from falling in.
Minister Lui Tuck Yew confirmed that gap fillers are already installed at all above-ground MRT stations since 1997, but not at underground stations due to design constraints from Platform Screen Doors.
To address this, the Land Transport Authority has implemented gap fillers on trains for the Downtown Line and will fit them on new North East and Circle Line trains, with retrofits for older trains during refurbishment.
Studies are ongoing to apply this solution to the North-South and East-West Lines, aiming to mitigate the risks identified without altering the platform edge design.

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Chia Yong Yong

Lui Tuck Yew

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Ms Chia Yong Yong inquired about the timeline for installing rubber bungs on MRT platforms to close gaps and prevent wheelchair and stroller wheels from falling in.
Minister Lui Tuck Yew confirmed that gap fillers are already installed at all above-ground MRT stations since 1997, but not at underground stations due to design constraints from Platform Screen Doors.
To address this, the Land Transport Authority has implemented gap fillers on trains for the Downtown Line and will fit them on new North East and Circle Line trains, with retrofits for older trains during refurbishment.
Studies are ongoing to apply this solution to the North-South and East-West Lines, aiming to mitigate the risks identified without altering the platform edge design.

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Installation of Rubber Bungs to Close Gaps on MRT Platforms

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