Installation of Rubber Bungs to Close Gaps on MRT Platforms

Ms Chia Yong Yong asked the Minister for Transport when will rubber bungs be installed in MRT stations to close the gaps between the trains and the platforms so as to minimise incidents of wheelchair and stroller wheel castors falling between such gaps with its consequential risks.

Mr Lui Tuck Yew: Rubber bungs, otherwise known as gap fillers, have been installed on the platform edge of all above-ground MRT stations since 1997. However, gap fillers were not installed at underground stations because the design of the Platform Screen Doors ruled out their installation on the platform edge. LTA has since studied the option of fitting gap fillers on trains instead of the platform edge and this has been implemented for Downtown Line trains. New trains for the North East Line and Circle Line will also be fitted with gap fillers and the public transport operators will retrofit older trains during their mid-life refurbishment. We are also studying this for the North-South and East-West Lines.