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Go to a busy metro and subway station in Montreal or Toronto and you will most likey see the same as you see on the photo posted by @nfitz, i.e., passengers keeping a respectful distance between platform gap and themselves. I’m therfore more inclined to blame physical platform characteristics (width and height) than cultural differences for whatever differences in passenger behaviours you’ve whitnessed…
The most common platform heights in Europe are 55 and 76 cm, with some countries like the UK having opted for even higher heights…:
You are in luck, as I’ve previously posted here a breakdown of platform-heights-by-German-State and it shows that all but 8 out of the 210 platforms in Berlin have at least 76 cm height, with the balance being 6 times 55 cm and twice 38 cm, with even the latter being three times higher than the 5 or so inches at Union Station:
No idea, I’m not that frequently in Toronto anymore, unfortunately…
The incident was in 2015 but TSBC does not appear to have formally investigated, and I can’t find any follow up pieces after the initial news reporting.
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heres a different thought... with the current operational model of waiting until the last second until the train arrives to let people on the platform there will be a rush for trains. its almost certain that the person was walking along the platform when he was snagged. what if they allowed people access the platform earlier.. people would have the time to walk to their spot and wait for the train on the platform. we all know its a mad rush to the platform everytime the number shows up.The incident was in 2015 but TSBC does not appear to have formally investigated, and I can’t find any follow up pieces after the initial news reporting.
There was a near miss in 2019 with a similar backpack snag
Metrolinx issues safety warning after commuter's backpack was caught by passing train
Metrolinx has launched a safety campaign after a passenger’s bag was ripped off their back by a passing train at Long Branch Go Station earlier this week.
The platforms at Union are not big enough to hold everyone who wants to get on the train. This is apparent when the platform has been announced, but the train is delayed arriving at the station. Some people even have to wait on the stairs.
Is there anyway to widen the platforms without destroying the historical train shed?
lol who cares about the historical train shed. Anyway. I don't think the train shed is the problem so much as the existing staircases are.
Yes, that is in the current plans for Union Station. The plan seems to be to eliminate certain tracks to allow for the platforms to be widened.
With capacity only increasing,it sounds like making the station into a2 level station may be the only real option. Then they can close off some tracks up top to make wider platforms. The only other way would be dedicated platforms. With that, each line would stop at the same track all the time. If that were done, It may be able to get down from 16 tracks to 12 tracks. But then, all you need is one problem at track side to make the whole thing come apart.
I haven't seen any links to any studies.
Thank you. I thought you meant under this specific one. Now I know where it is, not sense talking more hear about it.
