Metro lines have undergone a rapid development in China and a large number of metro
stations have also been built. The passenger traffic volume has reached or exceeded the …

The construction of metro in China is in a period of an unprecedented development in recent
years, and the passengers are in high density within the metro during the operation time, the …

Because of its large capacity, high efficiency and energy savings, the subway has gradually
become the primary mode of transportation for citizens. A high density of passengers exists …

Railway stations are usually considered to be one of the main gathering centers of the city;
thus, in the event of any incident, there will be significant casualties. The purpose of this …

A coupled analysis of agent behavior and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model is
applied to investigate the fire evacuation effectiveness in a popular metro station in …

Metro system is one of the most important modes of transportation to relieve traffic
congestion. Passenger emergency evacuation in metro stations is a key issue in safety …

A case study of the modelling emergency evacuation of a typical subway station in Beijing is
presented in this paper. The objectives of the study are to assess the evacuation capability …

Due to the underground nature and dense concentration of people around transit stations,
emergency evacuation during fire accidents can become a noticeable problem in subways …

In order to study the influencing factors of fire evacuation bottlenecks and evacuation time in
subway transfer stations, a subway transfer station model was built using Pathfinder to …

Metro construction in China enjoyed and will continue to enjoy unprecedented development
in the tenth 5 Year Plan period and the upcoming eleventh 5 Year Plan period. In China …