Comparison of safety equipment between London underground and Beijing subway

The purpose of this paper was to improve the safety equipment's effectiveness through the comparison. Firstly, the history and safety accident of London Underground and Beijing Subway were shown. Secondly, fire equipment between these two cities was compared including station's hardware in...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2017-06, Vol.69 (1), p.12179
Main Authors: Chen, T, Zhang, S Y, Zhao, L Z, Xia, J J, Fu, X C, Bao, Z M, Chen, Y, Zhang, X Z, Wang, R J, Hu, C, Jing, L S, Wang, Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Hardware
Safety
Safety equipment
Subways
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Summary:The purpose of this paper was to improve the safety equipment's effectiveness through the comparison. Firstly, the history and safety accident of London Underground and Beijing Subway were shown. Secondly, fire equipment between these two cities was compared including station's hardware installations and carriage's hardware installations. Thirdly, the relative software installations were also compared such as emergency drills. The results showed that Beijing Subway's hardware installations were better than London. However, London Underground's some installations were more effective than Beijing. Both cities would pay more attention on anti-terrorist in tunnel.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/69/1/012179