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Get the inside track on safety for rail systems in NFPA 130!

NFPA 130 specifies fire protection and life safety requirements for underground, surface, and elevated fixed guideway transit and passenger rail systems including stations, trainways, vehicles, vehicle maintenance and storage areas.

Keep up with revisions in the 2007 edition that increase safety including:New requirements for electrical conductor protection in stations, trainways and ventilation systemsRecognition of fire resistive cablesChanges to egress design requirements and calculations of occupant loadsNew requirements for electronic operated fare collection equipmentReorganization of Chapters 5 for consistency throughout the document and restructuring of Chapter 6 based on components rather than trainway locationComplete revision of the Performance Based Vehicle design criteria and Annex MaterialRevisions to the requirements for rail vehicle fire resistance tests and proceduresNew Annex D on Rail Vehicle Fires

This document pertains to stations accommodating only passengers and employees of the fixed guideway transit and passenger rail systems and incidental occupancies in the stations.