Efficient transportation

network
Daily commuters over 8
million
Public road network > 2,000
km
Railway network > 200 km

Tunnels
Key component of road
network
Cater for high vehicle and
population density
Also difficult terrain

Mass transit system

Solution to over 4
million trips in an
average weekday by
commuters

Mass Transit Railway

Ordinance, Cap 556
Section
54 (2)
Building
Authority
Issue Instrument of Exemption (IoE)

Exempt from Buildings Ordinance, Cap 123

Safety and Security

Coordinating
Committee (SSCC)
Station and
Transport
Integration
Committee (STIC)

Trackside Safety
and Security
Committee
(TSSC)

Discuss and agree on safety

standards

Station and
Transport
Integration
Committee (STIC)
Chair

RDO. HyD

Members

BD
FSD
HKPF
TD
PlanD
LandsD
CEDD
MTRC

Station and
Transport
Integration
Committee (STIC)

Safety and Security

Coordinating
Committee (SSCC)
Chair

RB. EMSD

Members

BD
FSD
HKPF
HyD
MTRC

Safety and Security

Coordinating
Committee (SSCC)

Trackside Safety
and Security
Committee
(TSSC)
Chair

RB. EMSD

Members

BD
FSD
HKPF
HyD
MTRC

Trackside Safety
and Security
Committee
(TSSC)

Guidelines

XRL Train

Evacuation Strategy
1st Priority: Drive-thru

Statio
n

Evacuation Strategy
Only(ERS)
for XRL
2nd Priority: Emergency Rescue Sidings

Uptrac
k

Open Air

Open Air

Open
Island
Platform

Open
Island
Platform

Incident
Train

Downtr
ack

Pull
Vent Bldg

Evacuation
Strategy

Push

3rd Priority: Evacuation

byIncident
train Tunnel

Vent Bldg

CP
Evacuation Train

Vent Bldg

Non-incident
Tunnel

TVS activated Evacuation

Walkway

Vent Bldg

CP

Non-incident Tunnel
Tunne

Evacuated by Train

Firemans / Side Evacuation

Walkway

Minimum Clear Path

850 mm (width) x 2200 mm
(height)

Evacuation Strategy

4th Priority: Evacuation via

Emergency Egress
Point (EEP)

Egress point for evacuees from trackway

to street level
At intervals of 762 m (NFPA 130)

XRL Train

General Design
At regular intervals of about 1 km
Emergency Vehicular Access (EVA)
Firefighting & Rescue Stairway (FRS)
Firemans Lift
(tunnel depth > 9m or viaduct height >
15m)
FS Communication Control Panel
Street fire hydrant and FS inlets

CP

Incident Tunnel

Non-incident
tunnel

CP

TVS

Parking
spaces
( 7 x 12m)
Telephone
Panel and
Monitor

FS inlets

San Tin
Highway
Firefighting
and Rescue
Stairways
(FRS)

Fire
hydrant

EVA

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Firefighting and Rescue

Stairway

14m
G/F

Pressurized Staircase + Fns Lift

32m

4 hours fire resistance construction

Track
Level

Push

Pull

Push & Pull Mode

(Continuous tunnel section)

Pull

Overhead Extraction Mode

(e.g. Platform track & cross over area)

At intervals of 244 m (NFPA

130)
Min. 1.8 m (width) x 2.2 m
(height)

Cross Passage

850m m(width) x 2200mm (clear

height)

XRL Train

Code of
Practice

XRL Train

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