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Subway Gates To Stop Riders Falling On Tracks Tested On L Train
The MTA said it is developing a pilot program to test barriers that would keep people from falling or jumping onto the train tracks.
GRAMERCY, NY — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will test barriers on an L train subway platform to see if they could save people from jumping or falling onto subway tracks, the agency said this week.
The MTA said it would test the floor-t0-ceiling barriers in the 3rd Avenue subway station near East 14th Street. The New York Post was first to report plans of the MTA's new trial.
"We’re in the design planning stages and working to overcome structural challenges for a small platform screen doors pilot at the 3rd Avenue Station along the L line," an MTA spokesman confirmed in a statement.
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The barriers are scheduled to be put in place in 2019 during the L train shutdown, so that they'll be ready for a trial period once L train service is scheduled to resume in 2020.
Last year, 48 people were killed on New York City subway tracks, DNAinfo reported.
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