RAILSCOT | 3D-printed handles aim to reduce hand contact with train doors [Railway Gazette]

3D-printed handles aim to reduce hand contact with train doors [Railway Gazette]

Date: 07/04/2020

Russia: Attachments designed to enable train toilet and cab doors to be opened with an elbow or lower arm rather than a hand, and thus reduce the risk of spreading germs or a virus like Covid-19, are being tested by Russian Railways.

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RUSSIA: Attachments designed to enable train toilet and cab doors to be opened with an elbow or lower arm rather than a hand, and thus reduce the risk of spreading germs or a virus like Covid-19, are being tested by Russian Railways. Siemens ...

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