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The Effects of the Design Factors of the Train-Platform Interface on Pedestrian Flow Rates

In: Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012

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  • Taku Fujiyama

    (University College London, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)

  • Roselle Thoreau

    (University College London, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)

  • Nick Tyler

    (University College London, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)

Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to empirically investigate the effects of the design factors of the train-platform interface on dwell time. We chose the doorway width, the step height and the vestibule setback as design factors, and investigated their effects on the two types of pedestrian flows: boarding-dominant and alighting-dominant flows. We found that (1) a wider doorway increased the pedestrian flow rate, (2) a greater step height led to a lower flow rate, and (3) the flow rates increased as the vestibule setback increased. These results would be useful not only for designers and planners of rolling stock and station platforms, but also for developers of pedestrian simulation models.

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  • Taku Fujiyama & Roselle Thoreau & Nick Tyler, 2014. "The Effects of the Design Factors of the Train-Platform Interface on Pedestrian Flow Rates," Springer Books, in: Ulrich Weidmann & Uwe Kirsch & Michael Schreckenberg (ed.), Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012, edition 127, pages 1163-1173, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-02447-9_95
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02447-9_95
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