Overview

• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said a closed-door local train prototype is ready and will be put to a pilot run soon.
• The system includes sensors so doors open only when the red signal indicates a halt and remain open if someone is standing on the footboard.
• Local services with automatic doors are targeted to begin operating from December, according to the minister.
• Authorities plan to retrofit doors on existing rakes and require closed doors on all newly manufactured AC and non-AC Mumbai suburban coaches.
• Technical trials for automated doors began at the Kurla car shed, as safety reviews cited a fatal June Mumbra incident and thousands of recent deaths and injuries on the network.