• DocumentCode
    1077256
  • Title

    Design for safety for the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway

  • Author

    Edgley, Ralph

  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    129
  • Lastpage
    140
  • Abstract
    The author discusses how risks were assessed and reduced to acceptable levels in the design of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway. Safety, reliability and security concepts are discussed. The author goes on to describe the design of the trains, stations, power supplies and fire prevention. Training and maintenance are also briefly described
  • Keywords
    railways; rapid transit systems; safety; Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway; fire prevention; maintenance; power supplies; reliability; safety; security concepts; training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0950-3366
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    28154