Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook has instructed Prasarana Malaysia Berhad to install platform doors or platform screen doors at all LRT stations to enhance passenger safety. This is following the recent death of a Taiwanese man who is believed to have fallen onto the LRT tracks at the Pusat Bandar Puchong LRT station.
Prasarana instructed to install platform doors at all LRT stations
Bernama quoted Loke as saying that the directive aims to enhance safety measures across the LRT system, especially at stations with older designs that currently lack the safety feature. He added that the platform doors act as a barrier between passengers and the train tracks.
The Transport Minister noted that platform doors are already in place at MRT stations, but there are a few LRT stations that have yet to be fitted with the safety feature.
A Taiwanese man lost his life after reportedly falling onto the LRT tracks at Pusat Bandar Puchong LRT station
Loke was responding to the death of a Taiwanese man who is believed to have fallen onto the LRT tracks at the Pusat Bandar Puchong Station in Selangor yesterday (3 June). The man was killed after being fatally struck by a train.
The Transport Minister added that he had received a report on the incident and that the matter had been handed over to the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) for further investigation.
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