barrier-free tram stop | Easy entry with profile

Barrier-free tram stop
with Tram Stop Edge & Door Entry Strip

Every day, people use public transportation (ÖPNV) to get to work, go shopping, meet friends or acquaintances, attend medical appointments, and go to school. Public transportation is an essential part of mobility, ensuring access to essential services.

Accessible and easy-to-use transportation is necessary for everyone. Barrier-free stops benefit not only people with disabilities but also seniors with walkers, parents with strollers, and travelers with luggage.

Unfortunately, in practice, the lack of accessibility often makes it difficult or even impossible for some to use public transportation.

As the importance of accessibility has generally grown, ensuring barrierfree entry and exit in trams is becoming more and more important in the planning and implementation of future infrastructure projects.

Susanne Hoffmann, Product Manager Track Superstructure

Easy and quick entry and exit from the tram

In the EU, the requirements for barrier-free stops are defined in DIN 18040-3 and TRBS 1201. These standards specify, among other things, the minimum requirements for level access, the height of platform edges, the width of stairs and ramps, and lighting.

Our SEALABLE platform edge profiles made of EPDM makes it easier to get on and off trams and buses. The profile minimizes the gap between the platform and the vehicle and compensates for height differences, making it easy for wheelchair users as well as families with children to board. No wheel gets stuck, and no foot can slip into the gap between the train and the platform edge.

Additionally, in 2020, we developed a door entry strip for trams in collaboration with Erfurter Verkehrsbetriebe (EVAG). The entry profile on the vehicle includes a metal rail encased in high-quality elastomer and is directly bolted to the car body.

TRAM STOP EDGE

Stop edge profiles made of EPDM are used for barrier-free boarding and alighting from trams. In contrasting colors or classic black, individually adaptable to any stop situation (also in curves), the profile minimizes the distance between station floor and rail vehicle.

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DOOR ENTRY STRIP

An access profile on the vehicle serves as a barrier-free trasition to the tetaining shelf. A metal rail encased in high-quality eastomer in bolted directly to the car body. Thanks to the coer with a keder profile, maintanance work or replacement is possible at any time.

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