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B.1 GENERAL<br />

APPENDIX B<br />

EXITING ANALYSIS<br />

B.1.1 As described <strong>in</strong> Section 2.2, there shall be sufficient exit<br />

capacity to clear the plat<strong>for</strong>m occupant load from the station<br />

plat<strong>for</strong>m <strong>in</strong> 4 m<strong>in</strong>utes or less, and the station shall be<br />

designed to permit evacuation from the most remote po<strong>in</strong>t of<br />

the plat<strong>for</strong>m to a po<strong>in</strong>t of safety <strong>in</strong> 6 m<strong>in</strong>utes or less.<br />

B.1.2 Plat<strong>for</strong>m exit time is the time required to clear all the<br />

plat<strong>for</strong>m occupant load from the plat<strong>for</strong>m accord<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />

<strong>for</strong>mula:<br />

Time to clear plat<strong>for</strong>m<br />

= Plat<strong>for</strong>m exits flow time<br />

= Plat<strong>for</strong>m Occupant Load / Plat<strong>for</strong>m Exit Capacity<br />

B.1.3 The time to evacuate from the most remote po<strong>in</strong>t of the<br />

plat<strong>for</strong>m to a po<strong>in</strong>t of safety is the sum of the walk<strong>in</strong>g travel<br />

time <strong>for</strong> the longest exit route plus the wait<strong>in</strong>g times at the<br />

various circulation elements.<br />

B.1.4 The walk<strong>in</strong>g travel time is calculated us<strong>in</strong>g station geometry<br />

data and the travel speeds <strong>in</strong>dicated <strong>in</strong> Cl.2.2.3.7. The exit<br />

route is broken down <strong>in</strong>to segments and tabulated. The travel<br />

distance <strong>for</strong> each segment is then divided by the appropriate<br />

travel speed to determ<strong>in</strong>e the time needed to traverse each<br />

segment. The walk<strong>in</strong>g travel time is the sum of the times <strong>for</strong><br />

each segment.<br />

B.1.5 The flow time (the time <strong>for</strong> the last person to through the<br />

particular element) <strong>for</strong> each of the various circulation<br />

elements (e.g. stairs/escalators, fare collection gates, doors,<br />

etc.) is calculated us<strong>in</strong>g the capacities and conditions<br />

specified <strong>in</strong> Section 2.2 along with the occupant load<br />

calculated as described <strong>in</strong> Appendix A.<br />

B.1.6 Care must be taken to be sure that the most restrictive<br />

circulation elements are <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the calculations.<br />

For <strong>in</strong>stance, if a 1000mm wide s<strong>in</strong>gle-leaf door provides<br />

access to a 1200mm wide stair, the door and the stair would<br />

be considered to provide a capacity of 80p/m<strong>in</strong> and 72p/m<strong>in</strong><br />

respectively <strong>in</strong> accordance with Cl.2.2.3.7. In this case the<br />

stair is more restrictive than the door, mean<strong>in</strong>g that the stair<br />

shall be used <strong>in</strong> the capacity calculation.<br />

Time to clear<br />

plat<strong>for</strong>m/<br />

Plat<strong>for</strong>m exits<br />

flow time<br />

Station<br />

evacuation<br />

time<br />

Walk<strong>in</strong>g travel<br />

time<br />

Flow time<br />

<strong>Standard</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Transit</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> B-1

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