3.13.3.

(1) Except as provided in this Subsection and Subsection 3.13.4., the requirements in Subsections 3.3.1. and 3.6.2. apply to a rapid transit station.

(2) A door in a fire separation is permitted to be equipped with pivot hinges in conformance with Table 2-8A of NFPA 80, “Fire Doors and Windows”.

(3) The requirements in Subsection 3.4.4. for fire separation of exits do not apply in a rapid transit station.

(4) Except as provided in Sentence (5), the requirements in Sentence 3.4.6.15.(1) for doors to be readily opened from the inside apply to required exit doors in a rapid transit station.

(5) Where a group of two or more doors serves as a single exit facility, only one door in the group is required to comply with Sentence 3.4.6.15.(1).

(6) A door that is required to be readily opened in Sentence (4) or (5) shall have a sign attached to it that,

(a) displays the words EMERGENCY EXIT with the letters not less than 25 mm high, and

(b) is visible from the exit approach.

(1) Booths and kiosks that are not more than 20 m² in area and are used only by the transit agency for fare collection, dissemination of information or similar non-mercantile occupancies shall be of noncombustible construction and are not required to be separated from the remainder of the floor area by a fire separation.

(2) Booths and kiosks that are more than 20 m² in area and are used only by the transit agency for fare collection, dissemination of information or similar non-mercantile occupancies shall be,

(a) sprinklered, and

(b) separated from the remainder of the floor area by a fire separation of noncombustible construction that is not required to have a fire-resistance rating.

(3) A door acting as a closure in the fire separation in Sentence (2) is not required to be equipped with a self-closing device.

(1) An ancillary space in a rapid transit station shall be separated from the remainder of the floor area by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating not less than 1 h.

(2) Except as provided in Sentence (3), a door opening from a service room onto a means of egress in a rapid transit station shall be located not less than 5 m from an escalator balustrade and from the top and bottom riser of a flight of stairs used as a means of egress from the rapid transit station.

(3) The requirements in Sentence (2) do not apply where,

(a) the service room is sprinklered, or

(b) there is a vestibule between the service room and the means of egress.

(4) Where a door from a service room opens onto a means of egress less than 5 m wide,

(a) the service room shall be sprinklered, or

(b) there shall be a vestibule between the service room and the means of egress.

(1) All leased areas within a rapid transit station shall be,

(a) sprinklered, and

(b) separated from the remainder of the floor area by a fire separation of noncombustible construction that is not required to have a fire-resistance rating.

(2) A door acting as a closure in the fire separation in Clause (1)(b) is not required to be equipped with a self-closing device.

(3) Where leased areas are located on opposite sides of a means of egress, the width of the means of egress shall not be reduced to less than 5 m.

(4) Except as provided in Sentence (5), where the leased area on any floor level exceeds 15% of the public area on that level, the public area shall be sprinklered.

(5) In a rapid transit station that is erected entirely above the adjoining finished ground level and is a stand-alone building, where the leased area on any floor level exceeds 20% of the public area on that level, the public area shall be sprinklered.

(6) In determining the leased area in Sentences (4) and (5), it is not necessary to include a leased area that is separated from the public area by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating not less than,

(a) 2 h where the leased area contains a mercantile or medium hazard industrial occupancy, or

(b) 1 h where the leased area contains any other occupancy.

(7) A leased area is permitted on a platform level provided it is,

(a) located not less than 5 m from the platform edge,

(b) located not less than 5 m from an egress facility, and

(c) not located in a dead end portion of the platform.

(1) Where an enclosed terminal serves vehicles powered by combustible fuels, and the terminal has direct access to a rapid transit station,

(a) the terminal shall be sprinklered, and

(b) the terminal shall be separated from the rapid transit station,

(i) by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating not less than 1 h, or

(ii) by wired glass assemblies conforming to Supplementary Standard SB-2 with wired glass doors equipped with self-closing devices.

(2) Doors in the fire separation or in the wired glass assembly in Clause (1)(b) are not required to have latches where close spaced sprinkler protection is provided on the station side.

(1) Where an access is provided between a rapid transit station and an adjacent building, the station and the building shall be separated by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating not less than 2 h.

(2) The access in Sentence (1) shall be through a vestibule that is separated from the station and from the building,

(a) by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating not less than 1 h, or

(b) by wired glass assemblies conforming to Supplementary Standard SB-2 with wired glass doors equipped with self-closing devices.

(3) The vestibule doors in Sentence (2),

(a) are not required to be equipped with latches, and

(b) shall swing in the direction of travel from the rapid transit station.

(4) Close spaced sprinkler protection shall be provided on each side of all vestibule doors.

(5) The vestibule shall not contain an occupancy.

(6) Where an access is provided between a rapid transit station and an adjacent building, and the building is regulated by the provisions of Subsection 3.2.6.v1 or 3.2.8., these provisions are not required in the rapid transit station.

(1) Emergency lighting shall be provided to average levels not less than 10 lx at floor or tread level in public areas in a rapid transit station.

(2) An emergency power supply conforming to Subsection 3.2.7. shall be provided to maintain the emergency lighting required in Sentence (1) for a period of 30 min after a power failure.