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A 20 MW diesel pool fire in an immobilized train located inside a straight, rectangular railroad tunnel that is ventilated by a longitudinal jet fan ventilation system is the scenario under consideration. Two fire scenarios were examined, one with and one without ventilation, combined with four evacuation scenarios. The numerical simulation of the fire and the evacuation process is conducted with the Fire Dynamics Simulator and Evacuation code (FDS + Evac) which is a Large Eddy Simulator (LES) for low-Mach thermally driven flows. The results (evacuation times, walking speeds, and mean and max FED values) are compared for each passenger type. It is found that during the evacuation from a railway tunnel fire accident, the most affected population are the elderly because of their lower movement speed, and travelers with luggage because of their increased dimensions. 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