Summary:
So, we have done the next best thing: deploy RPF in the stations,” said Kolkata Metro’s principal chief operations manager Satyaki Nath. He stood beaming as the PSGs slid automatically when the train chugged into the Karunamoyee station. The doors at the underground stations will, however, be taller (2.7m, depending on the height of the station ceiling) than those installed (1.7m) at stations in the first phase. Seamless synchronization of the PSGs will ensure approval of the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) for operations. “The cost is nothing when you think of the lives the PSGs will save,” said Anup Kumar Kundu, director (rolling stocks), KMRC..