The present study reviews the evacuation-related studies in metro or subway stations. The
review process includes four phases of analysis, namely bibliometric search, descriptive …

Railway industry plays a critical role in transportation and transit systems attributed to the
ever-growing demand for catering to both freight and passengers. However, owing to many …

During fire emergencies, people in large infrastructures are difficult to comprehend real-time
fire dynamics and identify available evacuation routes, leading to lengthy evacuation time …

The performance-based approach using Required Safety Egress Time/Available Safety
Egress Time concept is the most common method in fire safety evaluation. However, this …

Once emergency situations take place in metro tunnels, the most common respond is
moving toward next station. However, with metro system expanding outward from city …

The length of metro lines with driverless train operation (DTO) systems is increasing globally
and is predicted to triple in the next 10 years. This paper gives the history and future trend of …

Metro systems are playing an essential role in transiting large passenger flows in
metropolitan areas. Since commuting with Metro systems is beneficial from cost and time …

Smoke movement is more complex in a station fire hub than in a common situation, and it is
also difficult to deal with. In this paper, full-scale experiments were conducted to investigate …

During the occurrence of a fire on a subway platform, the focus is usually on controlling the
ventilation and smoke exhaust systems to prevent smoke from spreading from the platform …

Experiment and numerical simulation were performed to research the possibility of adopting
different ventilation modes for smoke confinement in a subway station fire accident. Bench …