Suicide prevention
Collective efforts to reduce the incidence of suicide
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Platform screen doors
Planned initial stage of platform screen door installations begins on the North–South Commuter Railway in the Philippines, with half-height platform screen doors being implemented.
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| 2025 |
Platform screen doors
Results of the TransLink platform screen doors feasibility study for Vancouver SkyTrain are expected to be released.
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| 2025 |
Platform screen doors
Melbourne Metro Tunnel is scheduled to open, featuring platform screen doors on underground stations and new rolling stock with doors aligned with full-height platform screen doors.
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| 2025 |
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors planned for the under-construction Line 4 of the Athens Metro in Greece.
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| January 20 2025 |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Dr. Steve Ferrara becomes Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during Donald Trump's presidency.
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| 2024 |
Platform screen doors
Line 14 extension from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Orly Airport is inaugurated with full platform screen doors as part of the Grand Paris Express project.
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| December 6 2024 |
Platform screen doors
The U2 line of Vienna U-Bahn from Schottentor to Karlsplatz station reopened after 3 years of construction work for platform screen door installation.
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| December 1 2024 |
Platform screen doors
Riyadh Metro opened, implementing full platform screen doors at all stations
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| November 2024 |
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors implemented on the newly opened driverless Thessaloniki Metro system in Greece.
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| January 2024 |
Suicide barrier
A comprehensive suicide prevention net was installed on the full length of the Golden Gate Bridge, consisting of a stainless steel mesh suspended 20 feet below the sidewalk and extending 20 feet over the water.
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| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
All stations in South Korea (except Dorasan Station) are planned to be equipped with platform screen doors.
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| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Glasgow Subway plans to introduce half-height screen doors with new rolling stock.
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| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Munich plans to test platform screen doors on the Munich U-Bahn.
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| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Paris Métro Line 4 completes full driverless automation with platform edge doors.
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| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Greater Jakarta LRT opened, implementing half-height platform screen doors in its stations.
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| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
The Réseau express métropolitain (REM), a 67-kilometre driverless suburban rapid transit network, begins its phased opening with plans to feature screen doors at each of its 26 stations.
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| 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Full-height platform screen doors were implemented in underground stations of Line 2 of the Lima Metro upon its opening.
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| 2023 | In the United States, over 42,967 people died from gun-related injuries, with more than half of those deaths being suicides, highlighting the ongoing challenge of firearm-related suicide prevention. |
| December 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Platform doors are planned to be installed at a cost of $6 million, starting in December.
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| June 2023 |
Platform screen doors
TransLink announced a feasibility study into installing platform screen doors on the Vancouver SkyTrain's Expo and Millennium lines, prompted by the acquisition of new Alstom Mark V trains with compatible door positions.
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| June 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Designs for the platform doors were being finalized by the MTA.
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| June 2023 |
Platform screen doors
Honolulu's Skyline began operations, becoming the first large-scale publicly-run metro system in the United States to feature platform screen doors manufactured by Stanley Access Technologies.
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| March 2023 |
Platform screen doors
First full-height variable screen doors installed at Osaka Station underground platforms, introducing an advanced automated door alignment system that uses train ID scanning to precisely match door positions with train car doors.
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| March 1 2023 |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Lester Martínez López becomes Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) under Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during Joe Biden's presidency.
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| August 27 2022 |
Platform screen doors
Peak Tram reopened with platform edge doors retrofitted at terminus stations.
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| June 2022 |
Platform screen doors
MTA began soliciting bids from platform-door manufacturers for the pilot program.
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| February 2022 |
Platform screen doors
MTA announced a platform screen doors (PSD) pilot program at three stations: Times Square, Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport, and Third Avenue.
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| January 22 2022 |
Platform screen doors
At Shanghai's Qi'an Road Station, an elderly woman was killed after becoming trapped between train doors and platform screen doors.
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| 2021 |
Platform screen doors
Northern line extension stations opened without platform edge doors, despite provisions for installation being present.
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| 2021 |
Platform screen doors
Stockholm Metro tested platform doors at Bagarmossen metro station.
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| 2021 |
Platform screen doors
Planned installation of Platform Screen Doors in 41 stations of Lines 1, 2, and 3 of the São Paulo Metro.
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| February 2021 |
Platform screen doors
Planned end of platform curtain experiment at Vanves–Malakoff station.
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| 2020 |
Platform screen doors
Rope-type screen door (RSD) system installed at Vasil Levski Stadium Metro Station and Opalchenska Metro Station on Sofia Metro Line 1 and Line 2, providing increased passenger safety and protection against accidental falls.
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| 2020 |
Platform screen doors
Line 3 of the Minsk Metro first opened, with plans for future platform screen door installations at its stations.
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| 2020 |
Platform screen doors
Daliao Station on Kaohsiung Metro installed half-height platform screen doors.
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| 2020 |
Platform screen doors
Planned completion of Platform Screen Doors installation in all stations of Line 5 of the São Paulo Metro.
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| 2020 | A Cochrane review on means restrictions for jumping found tentative evidence of reductions in suicide frequency at high-risk locations like bridges and cliffs. |
| June 30 2020 |
Platform screen doors
Vertical platform screen doors called 'platform curtains' begin testing on platform 2bis of Vanves–Malakoff station on Transilien Line N.
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| February 14 2020 |
Platform screen doors
First phase of the Tuen Ma line opened, completing platform gate installations.
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| 2019 |
Platform screen doors
Jakarta MRT launched, featuring full-height platform screen doors in underground stations and half-height platform screen doors in elevated stations.
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| 2019 |
Platform screen doors
Jakarta LRT commenced operations with half-height platform screen doors.
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| 2019 |
Platform screen doors
Namma Metro in Bangalore expected to complete platform door installations for phase II operations, with the Electronic City metro station on the Yellow Line being the first to have platform screen doors.
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| August 5 2019 |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Thomas P. McCaffery is confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) under Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during Donald Trump's presidency.
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| May 2019 |
Platform screen doors
Sydney Metro became the first fully-automated rapid transit rail system in Australia, implementing full-height screen doors on most underground platforms and edge doors on at-grade, elevated, and some underground platforms.
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| 2018 |
Platform screen doors
Older high-capacity MRT lines in Taipei (Tamsui Line, Xindian Line, Zhonghe Line, and Bannan Line) retrofitted with automatic platform gates.
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| 2018 |
Platform screen doors
Automatic platform gates were installed on the Sōbu Rapid Line platforms, breaking the world record for the longest platform doors at East Tsim Sha Tsui station in Hong Kong.
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| 2018 |
Platform screen doors
At Shanghai's Bao'an Highway station, a woman was trapped between platform doors and train but managed to escape injury by standing still during the train's departure.
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| May 2018 |
Platform screen doors
Two additional stations in Saint Petersburg - Novokrestovskaya (now Zenit) and Begovaya - were opened with platform screen doors, differing from earlier installations by using glass screen doors that allow passengers to see trains entering the platform.
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| 2017 |
Platform screen doors
The Soekarno–Hatta Airport Skytrain opened with full-height platform screen doors, marking a significant infrastructure development in Indonesia's transportation system.
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