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The MTA has announced plans to begin attaching metal extension plates at the foot of each door on all of the newer M-7 passenger train cars in an attempt to minimize the gap sometimes found between the door and the station platform edge. The MTA has been under pressure to do something about the sometimes 8-15 inch gaps where passengers enter and exit train cars after incidents in 2006 and 2007.
The extension plates, which are set to begin appearing in October, will extend each door threshold 2 inches and include a heating feature to prevent ice formation in winter months. Work is hoped to be completed by April 2010.
The MTA will contract the installation work out to Bombardier Transportation of Canada at a cost of $2,811 to retrofit each door, or $11,244 total per train car.
Now if only there was a big steel (platinum?) plate the MTA could slap on to fix that perennial budget gap…
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