Spanish solution

Spanish solution

Spanish solution (also called "Barcelona solution") is a method of using two platforms, on both sides of the track, by one train to speed up embarkation and disembarkation: passengers get off the train on one side, and get on from the other. Usually there are three platforms (one island platform and two side platforms) shared between two tracks.

Passengers may be required to embark from one side and disembark from the other, or both may be permitted on both sides of the train.

The principle was used in Europe for the first time in Spain on the Barcelona metro (hence the name) in the 1930's. However, this solution was used earlier (1912) at Park Street Under station on the MBTA's Red Line in Boston (now known simply as Park Street), and at the Chambers Street station on the New York City Subway in 1913. [http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/redes/azul/tese.shtml Sé central station] at Metro de São Paulo is a recent example: linha 1-Azul (Line 1 - Blue) has central and side platforms operating since its beginning (17 February 1978).

In Hong Kong, the former KCRC (now acquired by MTR Corporation) reconstructed the platforms of the checkpoint terminus, Lo Wu Station by applying similar layout. When the train stops, first only the doors towards the island platform (alighting zone) open and all passengers on the train get off. Then the doors close and the opposite doors against the side platform (boarding zone) open for loading new passengers.

Other examples

* Olympic Park railway station, Sydney
* AeroTrain, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
* Constitución station on Line C in Buenos Aires
* Platforms for Scarborough RT of Kennedy Station, Toronto
* Canary Wharf Docklands Light Railway
DLR station, London
* Stations of the S-Bahn in Munich (Germany): Marienplatz, Karlsplatz, München Hauptbahnhof
* Stations of the Stuttgart S-Bahn: Station Pragsattel, Station Mineralbäder
* Five Points station of the Atlanta MARTA.
* The Epcot, TTC, and Magic Kingdom stations of the Walt Disney World Monorail System
* Premetro tram stations on the North-South Brussels Metro and Rogier station on Line 2 in Brussels
* Chan Sow Lin station of the Sri Petaling LRT Line in Kuala Lumpur.

References

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