A compliant EN 17168 system goes beyond standard passenger doors. It mandates specific localized access points along the platform facade:
EN 17168 harmonizes safety levels across all EU member states, ensuring that a barrier certified in Spain is equally safe in Sweden.
: Eliminates accidental slips, suicide attempts, and crowd-crush incidents pushing passengers onto live tracks. en 17168
Barriers must withstand exceptional kinetic forces. Systems are evaluated against continuous structural loading conditions, which include massive crowd-crush pressures during peak hours and heavy aerodynamic suction caused by non-stopping express trains bypassing the platform. 2. Glazing and Panelling Materials
: Signaling sub-systems must communicate accurate train positioning to ensure vehicle doors line up precisely with platform doorways. A compliant EN 17168 system goes beyond standard
Companies building glass panels, sliding doors, and computerized door drive units.
: It explicitly applies to metros (subways), rapid transit networks, trams, light rail systems, and heavy rail networks when mandated by specific project specifications. Barriers must withstand exceptional kinetic forces
Manual push-out or sliding panels that permit immediate evacuation from the trackside back onto the platform in the event of an emergency.
: Applicable where project specifications explicitly demand structural platform segregation.
Movable platform doors must strictly synchronize with vehicle doors. The standard dictates precise opening and closing lag tolerances to prevent passengers from getting caught in a dangerous "airlock" space between the two sets of doors. Safety Risk Management