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
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