Image: Carlton train station, where a father and his 2-year-old daughter died on Sunday. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)
The NSW Government is looking into whether glass barriers should be installed at train stations after the tragic death of a man and his two-year-old daughter when a pram fell onto the tracks.
The 40-year-old father has since been named as Anand Runwall, a Kogarah local who recently moved to Sydney from India.
The pram holding his two twin daughters rolled onto the tracks at Carlton Station in the path of an oncoming train on Sunday. The other twin survived, retrieved by police officers when they heard crying from beneath the train.
The scene unfolded before the 39-year-old mother, who, along with her daughter, were physically unharmed and taken to St George hospital for assessment.
NSW Premier Chris Minns has since vowed to “take steps that we need to take to keep people safe”.
On Monday he said he would work with Sydney Trains and the state coroner to determine what could be changed from preventing such an incident from happening again.
He also said although he couldn’t commit to installing glass barriers like those in Sydney metro train stations “without knowing how that would be implemented”, he would explore all options.
“We’ll work with our independent regulators to ensure that we keep the people in NSW safe,” Minns said.
Newer metro stations have platform screen doors that “keep people and objects away from the edge, improving customer safety”.
“These doors run the full length of the platforms and only open at the same time as the train doors.”
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