Platform infrastructure – influence on passenger behaviour

Bernhard Rüger, Thomas Eigner

Last modified: 2019-02-28

Abstract


Passenger distribution along the platform has a significant influence on passenger exchange time and thus on hold time and operating quality. This shows that most passengers orient themselves to the deboarding situation, which leads in part to a very pronounced unequal distribution along the platform. This in turn results in the overloading of individual doors and significantly extended passenger exchange times.

Keywords


Platforms, passenger distribution

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