Automatic Platform Screen Doors MarketSize and Trends

Increasing Focus on Safety & Security is one of the Key Driving Factors for the Automatic Platform Screen Doors Market Growth

Automatic platform screen doors provide high safety and security, which is major driving factor for growth of the automatic platform screen door market. It reduces the risk of accidents especially when trains pass through stations at high speed. Furthermore, the passengers are not exposed to pressure waves, which increases safety of passengers, which also limits suicide cases. For instance, according to a study conducted in 2015, the installation of automatic platform screen doors in Tokyo Rail and Subway Lines resulted in reduction of suicides by about 76%.

Automatic platform screen doors improve climate control within stations owing to which, the station is physically isolated from tunnels. This helps Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems to function more effectively thereby improving energy efficiency. High energy efficiency of these doors is fueling growth of the automatic platform screen doors market. Automatic platform screen doors provide high reliability as platform screen doors and are designed to handle heavy and constantly busy transport stations for best possible performance.

Increasing population and rise in transportation is driving growth of the automatic platform screen doors market, owing to increasing use of light rail vehicles and metro systems for transportation. For instance, according to report by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAPE), Asia Pacific had the largest transportation network, which contributed to almost 40% of the global transportation network in 2015. Automatic platform screen doors provide improved transportation efficiency as they integrate into automatic train control systems to guide flow of passengers in order to reduce scheduling delays associated with entering and exiting which further improves system capacity.