Des capteurs pour lutter contre les retards des escaliers mécaniques dans les gares de Mumbai

Des capteurs qui seront utilisés pour redémarrer les escaliers mécaniques à distance seront installés sur les 164 escaliers mécaniques des lignes du Central Railway (CR) de Mumbai, en Inde, au cours des deux premiers mois de 2025, a indiqué le ministère. Hindustan Times (lire ici). According to Rajnish Goyal, Divisional Railway Manager of CR's Mumbai division, more than 150 escalators at suburban stations were shut down nearly 21,000 times every month on average, with approximately 18,000 of the incidents being attributed to misuse of the stop button. The digital sensors will be installed in all escalators on the main and harbor lines, which will help reduce the waiting time for restarting escalators from the current 25-30 min to 2-5 min, said CR officials. The decision was taken following an internal study by CR spanning escalators in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus that showed each escalator stops 128 times a month on average, out of which 110 times passengers cause the delay by pressing the red button on the handle, inconveniencing countless commuters.