Quick connect transit boarding platform panel

A method of installing a transit platform with a series of transit boarding platform panels along an edge of said transit platform adjacent a track, said panels each comprising a molded base portion formed from a reinforced composite polymer, said base portion having a top deck and bottom plate, a first side intended to be adjacent a track at an edge of the transit platform, a second side opposite said first side and intended to be adjacent the transit platform and a first end and a second end, said top deck having a detectable warning surface consisting of raised truncated domes detectable by the visually impaired in accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):

• Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, wherein the first and second ends are provided with means to interconnect adjacent panels and to secure the panels to the platform, said method comprising the following steps:
• (a) set a sub-base of engineered granular fill and layout timber headers to form a retaining wall for the platform edge, (b) then filling an area where the panels are to go with compacted granular fill (c) placing the panels with the means to interconnect adjacent panels and to secure the panels to the platform connected (d) securing the panels to the timber headers and then (g) an area beyond the panels is then filled with the appropriate platform materials.

A transit boarding platform panel having comprising a molded base portion formed from a reinforced composite polymer, said base portion having a top deck and bottom plate, a first side intended to be adjacent a track at an edge of the transit platform, a second side opposite said first side and intended to be adjacent the transit platform, a first end and a second end, and between the top deck and bottom plate a series of internal support members, said top deck having a detectable warning surface consisting of raised truncated domes detectable by the visually impaired in accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):

• Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, said panel used at grade wherein to mimimize frost forming on the top surface of the top deck in colder climates, a thermal conduit is provided between the ground and the top surface of the panel.