In the rapid development of the Metro works, more and more attention is paid to the safety issues of the Metro works, particularly to the evacuation of the passengers from the running tunnels in case of fire. Regarding the evacuation of the passengers from the running tunnels in case of fire, however, the persons in the circle have different opinions and there are no detailed and definite stipulations in the current Chinese specifications. In the paper, several running tunnel evacuation modes, including integrated evacuation mode, separate evacuation modes and longitudinal evacuation platform mode, are proposed. Furthermore, analysis is made on the mentioned three evacuation modes in terms of safety and economic efficiency.