Dictionary

platform screen door en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. One of a series of doors at a train or subway station, at the edge of a platform, that prevent access beyond the platform when there is no train to be boarded.
   • They will feature wider gangways for better wheelchair accessibility, as well as compatibility with platform screen doors - should these ever be introduced in the future. 2023 August 9, “Network News: SPT delighted with testing of new Glasgow Subway trains”, in RAIL, number 989, page 24:

Forms

Synonyms

PED · PSD · platform edge door · platform door

Translations (9)

ko 안전문 (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · de Bahnsteigtür (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · ja ホームドア (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · fi laituriovi (hōmu doa) (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · ar أَبْوَاب المِنَصَّة (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · ko 스크린도어 (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · ja スクリーンドア (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · pl drzwi ekranowe (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station) · cmn 月台幕門 (one of a series of doors at a train or subway station)