Handrail installation with emergency lighting (1, 1') for tunnels, comprising: a handrail, a closed cable duct, a plurality of supporting bodies, a plurality of junction boxes, a ribbon cable which is laid in the closed cable duct, wherein the plurality of junction boxes serve to make contact with the ribbon cable without the removal of insulation, wherein the junction boxes make contact with the ribbon cable within the closed cable duct, wherein the handrail and the cable duct rest on support faces (7, 8), which are different from one another, on the upper side of a plurality of supporting bodies, and the handrail is in this context provided separately from the closed cable duct and the supporting bodies, and the cable duct is provided separately from the supporting bodies, and wherein the handrail is arranged above the closed cable duct, wherein the emergency lighting comprises a plurality of lamps which are arranged one behind the other and which are positioned at the junction boxes and are fed by them, wherein the lamps are plugged through in the direction of the tunnel floor through mounting openings in the floor of the cable duct, so that said lamps irradiate in a region underneath the closed cable duct, wherein the handrail and the cable duct are fed through the supporting bodies horizontally along a tunnel wall, wherein the closed cable duct and the supporting bodies are manufactured from metal, characterized in that the junction boxes they are provided with watertight plastic housings or are equipped with seals in the region of their openings in order to prevent a short circuit in the region of the junction box as a result of the ingress of water in the region of the junction box, and in that the lamps are protected individually or in groups against overcurrents and/or temperatures which are typical of fires. a handrail, a closed cable duct, a plurality of supporting bodies, a plurality of junction boxes, a ribbon cable which is laid in the closed cable duct, wherein the plurality of junction boxes serve to make contact with the ribbon cable without the removal of insulation, wherein the junction boxes make contact with the ribbon cable within the closed cable duct, wherein the handrail and the cable duct rest on support faces (7, 8), which are different from one another, on the upper side of a plurality of supporting bodies, and the handrail is in this context provided separately from the closed cable duct and the supporting bodies, and the cable duct is provided separately from the supporting bodies, and wherein the handrail is arranged above the closed cable duct, wherein the emergency lighting comprises a plurality of lamps which are arranged one behind the other and which are positioned at the junction boxes and are fed by them, wherein the lamps are plugged through in the direction of the tunnel floor through mounting openings in the floor of the cable duct, so that said lamps irradiate in a region underneath the closed cable duct, wherein the handrail and the cable duct are fed through the supporting bodies horizontally along a tunnel wall, wherein the closed cable duct and the supporting bodies are manufactured from metal, characterized in that the junction boxes they are provided with watertight plastic housings or are equipped with seals in the region of their openings in order to prevent a short circuit in the region of the junction box as a result of the ingress of water in the region of the junction box, and in that the lamps are protected individually or in groups against overcurrents and/or temperatures which are typical of fires.