Passenger Flows in Underground Railway Stations and Platforms
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2015
Subject Area
mode - rail, mode - subway/metro, ridership - behaviour, operations - crowding, operations - coordination, infrastructure - station, planning - safety/accidents
Keywords
Passengers, Pedestrian flow, Subway stations
Abstract
Urban rail systems are designed to carry large volumes of people into and out of major activity centers. As a result, the stations at these major activity centers are often crowded with boarding and alighting passengers, resulting in passenger inconvenience, delays, and at times danger. This study examines the planning and analysis of station passenger queuing and flows to offer rail transit station designers and transit system operators guidance on how to best accommodate and manage their rail passengers. The objectives of the study are to: 1) Understand the particular infrastructural, operational, behavioral, and spatial factors that affect and may constrain passenger queuing and flows in different types of rail transit stations; 2) Identify, compare, and evaluate practices for efficient, expedient, and safe passenger flows in different types of station environments and during typical (rush hour) and atypical (evacuations, station maintenance/ refurbishment) situations; and 3) Compile short-, medium-, and long-term recommendations for optimizing passenger flows in different station environments.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Mineta Transportation Institute, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Loukaitou-Sideris, A., Taylor, B.D., & Turley, C. (2015). Passenger Flows in Underground Railway Stations and Platforms. Mineta Transportation Institute Final Report No. MTI 12-43, 110pp.
