Chapter 4 — SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON OCCUPANCY AND USE
443 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems [sfm] — 2025 California Building Code
California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California
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Cite as: 2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) § 443 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
443.1 General.¶
443.1.1 Scope. The provisions of this section and NFPA 130 shall apply to buildings or structures defined as stations for fixed guide- way transit and passenger rail systems and shall supersede other similar requirements in other sections of this code.
Note: See Chapter 35 for California Amendments to NFPA 130.
443.2 Special provisions.¶
443.2.1 Automatic sprinkler system. See Section 903.2.17.1.
443.2.2 Station guideway deluge system. See Section 903.2.17.2.
443.2.3 Standpipe systems. See Section 905.3.11.
443.2.4 Fire alarm and communication systems. See Section 907.2.26.
443.2.5 Emergency ventilation control. Emergency ventilation systems shall comply with this section and NFPA 130.
443.2.5.1 Emergency ventilation systems shall be supervised and/or controlled in all operating modes locally (motor control center and/or fan unit) and remotely at both the Operations Control Center and the station Fire Command Center.
443.2.5.2 Fan running shall be provided by sensing devices for each fan for operation in both the supply and exhaust directions.
443.2.5.3 Trouble status signals shall be annunciated in the local control room. A summarized trouble signal shall be annunciated at Operations Control Center and Fire Command Center.
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