NEW YORK (PIX11) -- The MTA is adding more safety barriers to subway platforms, the agency announced on Monday.
The program is designed to improve the safety and security of subway conductors. Crews have installed "no standing zones" in the form of 4-foot-tall barriers on the platform of the 125th Street Nos. 4, 5, and 6 train stations.
The MTA is hoping to improve the visibility of these "no stand" zones.
“We hope that adding additional visibility elements create a more well-defined zone of safety and security around our hard-working subway conductors to ensure they can do their work without fear of being attacked on the platform while they simply try to do their jobs,” said MTA New York City Transit SVP Subways Demetrius Crichlow.
The pilot program will be monitored over the next few months, in hopes of bringing them to other stations.
In January, safety barriers were added at the 191st Street station on the No. 1 line in Washington Heights. The railings were aligned so subway doors don’t open in front of them, according to NYC Transit.
The new installations are part of a larger effort to increase safety at subway stations, the MTA said.
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