The Emergency Intercom is a kind of emergency equipment inside the train. All of them are located near the train doors for passengers to inform the Train Captain / the Control Centre if there is any emergency. For example：

✓ 　Common emergencies such as fire or electric shock

✓ 　A passenger on train does not feel well while his or her condition is deteriorating that cannot leave the train and seek for assistance on his or her own

✓ 　A criminal act is happening such as fighting

✓ 　Mechanical problem that affects the sake of safety directly such as a Driver’s Cab Door was opened suddenly or the door seal was loosen

✓ 　The train is moving with an nipped object and the significant size of it is hanging outside the train door

etc …

The Emergency Intercom is however a part of public address system, you should wait for your Train Captain switched a right channel and replied before starting the conversation

The court could impose fines or imprisonment if there is any abuse, for any non-emergency events：

✗　does not involve any injuries

✗　is non-criminal act

You should call the Station Control Room and seek for staff assistance instead

For safety reasons, the train will make an emergency stop when any part of it is still within the platform if any Emergency Intercoms has been activated. Therefore, consider to help a sick passenger to alight at next station then seek for staff’s assistance. Or you may activate the Emergency Intercom once the train left the platform for a period of time in order not to delay his or her medical treatment.

The Emergency Train Stops is a kind of emergency equipment on the platform. Erected every 50 – 100 metres for passengers to stop train near platforms or to prevent any trains enter the station during emergencies,  for example：

✓ 　Any objects dropped on the track with considerable size

✓ 　The train is moving with an nipped object and the significant size of it is hanging outside the train door

✓ 　A passenger train did not allow passengers to join and alight when berthed at the platform and pulled out from the station

etc …

The court could impose fines or imprisonment if there is any abuse；

✗　A passenger on the platform or a train does not feel well

✗　A crime has happened on the platform

✗　Common emergencies occurred on the platform such as fire or electric shock

Call the Station Control Room and seek for staff assistance if you encountered any event above therefore trains will continue to run and allow people leave the scene by trains.

緊急通話器屬車廂內的緊急設備，全部設於車門附近，讓乘客告知車長 / 控制中心車廂內發生緊急狀況，例如：

✓ 　一般緊急狀況，例如火災、觸電

✓ 　車廂內有乘客不適，其身體狀況已轉壞至不能自行下車找尋職員協助

✓ 　發生刑事罪案，例如有乘客打鬥

✓ 　會直接影響安全的機件故障，例如駕駛室門無故打開，或車門門膠鬆脫

✓ 　列車到站後未有打開車門供乘客上落，便駛離車站

✓ 　列車夾住物件開行，而被夾的物件有相當大小，並懸掛於車門外

等等 …

惟緊急通話器是廣播系統的一部分，啟動後需等候車長轉換頻道回覆，方可開始對話

 

非法使用緊急通話器，最高可由法院判處罰款 $5000；遇上：

✗　沒有人受傷

✗　沒有刑事成份

等事件則應該致電車站控制室，尋找車站職員協助

列車尚未完全離開月台前，若有緊急通話器啟動，不論因由，列車會即時緊急煞停，以策安全。因此，若有乘客不適，可以考慮協助他 / 她落車找尋職員協助，或等候列車離開月台一段時間後，方使用緊急通話器，避免延誤救治

 

 

緊急停車掣屬月台上的緊急設備，每 50 – 100 米設有一個，供乘客於緊急時，例如：

✓ 　有大型物件掉到軌道上

✓ 　列車夾住物件開行，而被夾的物件有相當大小，並懸掛於車門外

✓ 　載客列車到站後未有打開車門供乘客上落，便駛離車站

等等 …

以煞停在月台附近的列車，或避免列車駛至月台

 

非法使用緊急停車掣，最高可由法院判處罰款；遇上與行車無關的事件，不論緊急或非緊急；遇上：

✗　月台上或車廂內有乘客不適

✗　月台上發生罪案

✗　月台上發生一般緊急狀況，例如火災、觸電

等事件則應該致電車站控制室，或使用月台召援專綫，尋找車站職員協助。避免阻礙列車開行，令更多人失去經列車逃離現場的機會。