STUDIES OF PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN RAILWAY STATIONS WITH DENSE SUBURBAN TRAFFIC

Observations were made of pedestrian streams in one-way traffic in stations of the Deutsche Bundesbahn and of the Berlin (Underground) Transport Services. The findings are outlined in the form of functions and survey diagrams. The following are considered worthy of special mention: walking speed and walking time on platforms of detraining passengers; platform clearance times for verious types of platform exits, contingent on the dispersing crowd; simulation of overlapping passenger streams detraining from 2 trains at the same platform; capacity of platform exits and surveys of congestion in front of stairways; surveys of density speed during movement on stationary stairways; and movement phenomena in subways and at barriers. Results of these surveys serve as a practical aid for the planning engineer in designing station facilities with dense passenger traffic.

• Corporate Authors:

  Technische Universitaet, Hannover

  Hannover,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • WESTPHAL, J
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• German

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Passenger service; Railroad stations; Rapid transit; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050551
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1982 12:00AM